I always wanted to be a marine biologist as a kid.

Most people today know I love Bitcoin, business, and finance…but almost nobody knows that my first real love was the ocean.

This hoodie was from the first business I ever started, an ocean-protection merch brand I built in high school to merge my love for the ocean and entrepreneurship.

But here’s the part that still hits me:

I gave up on marine biology in 6th grade.

At 12 years old, I decided I couldn’t do the thing I loved because the salary would never sustain a life.

Twelve.

Before you even know who you are, you’re already optimizing for survival instead of passion.

That’s what fiat does.

It forces people, kids, to make choices based on paychecks, not purpose.

It pushes entire generations into careers they don’t love because debt is massive, everything is too expensive, and “follow your passion” has become a luxury.

And this is why Bitcoin matters.

Because a sound money future gives people room to choose work they care about. To stop trading their purpose for a paycheck.

In another world, a sound-money world, maybe I’m a marine biologist.

In this one, I’m building toward a future where the next 12 year old doesn’t have to give up what they love just to survive.

That’s the beauty of Bitcoin.