Do you remember the website called Tradeblock dot com I think that was the name.
It showed the mempool. You could see the dollar amount of transactions moving from one wallet to the other in the lower right hand corner.
I checked it daily during that run up to $20k and then down to $3k. I just kept seeing transactions and blocks being mined.
Between seeing that live feed of bitcoin transactions, running a node, using different wallets to move coins and then getting in on the birth of The Lightning Network really made me a believer I guess.
The volatility of the price of bitcoin (the asset) is just part of the monetization experience I guess.
But once you interact and become one with bitcoin (the network) and different layers -> zen 🧘♂️