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Reflection #2 - It's been interesting to join the bull market of 2021, to stay on the ride all the way down through all the tough times to see the bull market come again. What a crazy ride.

Speculation #2 - Will this time be any different? I doubt it.

Build a thesis #2 - Worldwide adoption is increasing over time. Those who were once sceptics have come around. It would seem while the path to mainstream Crypto has and will continue to take time, things are "currently" headed in the right direction.

Reflection #3 - 2021 was a lot of fun and I learned a lot of lessons. Don't FOMO. If my crypto wasn't going up and I saw something else was, I switched to that thinking it would continue to go up. I did not realize I was the exit liquidity.

Research Projects #2 - SUI is something on my radar. I am curious if this can be the next Sol. That is, have a great run this bull market, experience a hard winter and come back with a vengeance next run. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

Reflection #4 - I DCA into crypto from 2022 through till the end of 2023. Approximately 1.5 years. Eventually I ran out of dry powder. Next time I think I'll save a bit on the side for those bull market projects that come into play.

Pick your winners and strategy #2 - In the depths of the bear market no one wanted Solana, however it was a cheap, fast, expanding network. Everyone focussed on the network outages. Sol was a risky play back in the bear, now it's a blue chip. Sentiment changes fast in this space.

Reflection #5 - Oh boy, here we go again.

Stay up to date #2 - I'm not as interested in the meme coin as what I am interested in what this means for the space.

Speculation #3 - Is it time?

Pick your winners and strategy #3 - While ETH still seems bearish, if you bought during the bear market you're still up on your position quite considerably. After a while sentiment will change and everyone will forget it was bearish, refer XRP/ADA.

Reflection #6 - In the past few days we've seen BTC go from 105k down to 92k and back up to 102k. A lot of people panicked during this time but if you didn't log on for 3 days nothing happened. Be calm.

Speculation #4 - Once Altcoin season FINALLY does happen, I think most will get caught off guard and not believe it's happening as they've been waiting for years and are at max tiredness. I'm tired, we're all tired, it's just utter hopium from here.

Reflection #7 - It was very hard to take profits back in November 24 after the pump. In hindsight I'm very happy I did. I got back all the money I've put into the market the past few years with bags still left to run. Reduce stress where you can.

Speculation #5 - I feel there is probably a lot of people who have invested in Crypto during the last bear market, rode it up to make some profit, rode it back down but still not as down as their initial investment. They now have no money to put in or don't want to put in.

Pick your winners and strategy #4 - I'm still hopeful that once the long awaited altcoin season happens coins like AVAX will experience significant gains. It will be interesting to see if they can regain their ATH.

Reflection #8 - Certainly has been a draining 12 months for alts. This time last year alts were going for a massive run after the bear market lows, 12 months later it's almost like it never happened.

Reflection #9 - Holding and so bored, sentiment seems bleak.

Pick your winners and strategy #5 - Choosing Hivemapper in the depths of the bear seemed like a reasonable strategy. Inflation tokenomics have kept this down as originally thought. I still think once alt coin season happens this token will go back to ATH and above.

Speculation #6 - It seems as negative sentiment is bottoming. Not to say it's reversing tomorrow but it does feel like the local bottom is in. I think if we get QE happening and interest rates down we could be looking for a blast off at mid to end year before busting in 2026