Comment · Sat, January 23, 2021 · ND Owner
MisterYouAreSoDumb
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M30MM100 · 183 points
I just want to say thank you to MisterYouAreSoDumb. The man is incredibly knowledgeable, highly professional, levelheaded, and a tremendous asset to the nootropics community.
He can undoubtedly retire and spend the rest of life operating a coconut farm on a tropical island but he’s on a mission and continues to serve the community.
P.S. MYASD - I read your message the other day about Bitcoin stressing you out - try not to stress about Bitcoin 😉 I’ve been in it since 2013 and I won’t start selling until it’s north of 100k 🙂
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Thanks for the support! It really does mean a lot to me! I would have stepped back publicly a long time ago if I didn't have the support that I do from the community. Building things the way we have is tough, to say the least. However, it's worth it knowing that I am pushing for something that countless people are fully behind. Accomplishing a goal is just as much about the mental side of things as it is the actual details and actions taken to get there, and the mental side is much much easier to manage when you know that you have many people's support behind you. You can take that energy you get from knowing people are behind your mission, then push through hurdles you may not have been able to without that backing. So I really do appreciate everyone that has encouraged and supported me over the years! I am trying to live up to the promise I made when I started, and to keep pushing this industry forward for everyone.
Regarding Bitcoin, it's just how my brain works. I analyze and pick apart things in crazy detail. I can't shut it off, either. I think it is also because I get decision fatigue these days. I make so many decisions every single day, that I get anxious when I have to make another. Most of my stress comes from the amount of analysis my brain does before making a decision. Most people probably realize I am a perfectionist by this point. Good enough is not good enough for me. I see every little imperfection, and I try to figure out ways to improve them. There is also no person in the world I am more critical of than myself. This is why decisions can stress me out. They are never simple for me. I spend countless amounts of energy trying to analyze and strategize what the absolute best decision is. I've gotten better at letting things go a bit, but not enough to really reduce my stress surrounding bigger decisions. Also, what adds to that stress is when I am prevented from acting on a decision because of something out of my control. I spend so much mental energy on the decision itself that when I finally make it, I want to pull the trigger and move on. If I am prevented from doing so, that just elevates my stress even more. That's what happened on this bull run with BTC. My OTC account that I wanted to use to sell some BTC at predefined increments got locked, because I had not sold any crypto in years and they needed to update the KYC. My plan was to sell some BTC at $40-41K, so that I could de-stress a bit and ride the next wave out breathing a little easier. However, I was prevented from doing that while they updated the KYC. Then it fell just like I knew it would. This is the biggest reason I got so stressed. When I finally make a decision on something, then forces outside of my control prevent them from being triggered, it frustrates me. Ohh well! C'est la vie. I've ridden the Bitcoin wave longer than most people even knew it existed. These cycles are nothing new to me, and it was certainly more difficult watching my holdings drop in value in late 2018/early 2019. If I can HODL through $20K>$3K, I can certainly hold right now. LOL.