In order to even find Bitcoin, you have to be explorative, disagreeable and risk taking. To then understand its paradigms and realize it's potential, you have to value the conservatism and stoicism that guides the protocol, the development and the economics of Bitcoin.

A tradition loving anarchist is a very rare and strange bird.

[is that why we now have this OSTRICH as a mascot, and a PURPLE one too? Of all the animals in the world?]

Maybe the philosophy layer of Bitcoin is most appealing to you at some point of your journey, as you feel you can map its principles onto many aspects of your life in an attempt to fix or upgrade them. Do that and take your time, first fix the heartache, then the business. Don't make decisions when you are angry and don't make promises when you are happy.

To learn Bitcoin you must conquered yourself. You erase the weakest parts of yourself, even if it means there's almost nothing left of you. Good. As Laozi said: 'It is the empty space which makes a bowl useful'. Once you're there, don't just stuff that space with the next best thing but safeguard it, apply rules of entry and enjoy the silence within you as you sail the ocean of noise.

For some this comes easier than for others, as they already had the pleasure staring into the abyss -

Your soul has to become whole to not be blindly guided by authority, nor stopped by fear, neither distracted by greed or thrown off course by forces from the outside. A week goes by like a decade, you live a life in a day and you die five times before breakfast. Good company is most important to you, especially when you are alone. Group pressure means nothing to you, you just feel sorry for the individuals lost in that group.

I can hodl alone, that means I'm winning the game but to hodl with friends means winning in life.

Good times!

Rico, 778380