trusting not verifying, especially in business. it cost me a lot with a particular bad experience where it was a close friend who didn't deliver on some serious stuff re licensing and the business side of things. i'd assumed they would given her past track record + having known them for years. was a biiiiig lesson.
What worries me the most is if I’ve done a mistake I haven’t realized yet and it will hit me hard.
got greedy & lost close to 100 eth in nov of 2020 right before the bull took off. it caused a chain of other events that have rekt my finances outside of crypto... I don't have skin in the game, my soul in it. it did help me avoid all of the rugs that have happened since so there's some solace.
1) Not getting into BTC when I was tipped some on Reddit back in 2015 2) Not buying a punk in 17/18 when I was the only non-dev showing up at an ethereum developers meetup & then started hosting crypto 101 meetups 3) launching a consulting biz at the beginning of the pandemic w/ partners I didn’t know well enough
not selling my blitmap for 100k in august(?) of 21 not selling cnn.eth for 80k lol paid off my house tho so no complaints here. just could have done 10x better. but we learn, we grow hby?
Selling BTC at $100 and again at $1000 and again at $5000. Similar story for ETH. Not going to make the same mistake again.
underestimated my ability to build in crypto as a non-technical person during the 2017 bullrun. legit thought it was just a way to make money quick smh
not doubling down on the things I am succeeding at, letting my curiosity get the better of me.
thinking that you have infinite time and everything will magically work out
Not having the confidence to get in early. Not having the insight to get the confidence.
Not taking action fast enough and sitting in a bad situation for too long.
No crypto regrets, despite being underwater. It brought me to computer science. It brought us here. Life regrets? Sure.
Giving into imposter syndrome. Such BS. If only past me could see what we’ve accomplished and where we’re going!
Wasting time and effort doing things just to signal myself to others.
Not putting down my phone often enough for 100% focused time with the kids.
1) Getting greedy during the bull market (my first in crypto) and not taking profits. 2) Not knowing when to step away from my startup, when it was clear that it wasn't going to achieve the escape velocity that it needed. The sunk cost of "I've invested X years, just a little more" warped my perception.
prioritizing romantic partners ahead of my own needs. this is a common mistake women make in particular, giving their best years to selfish men. never, ever do this.
not buying a house during the low interest era
