When I first got into it, I made some small trades as I engaged in the community, which back then was basically an IRC channel. After a few months, I made one larger purchase after I saved up. Shortly after, I got distracted and life got in the way so I just put the coins away and moved on.

There was a lot of frenzy as the price approached $10k, much more so than their was for the $100k benchmark. People were excited, and scared. I was both. Besides myself over the fact that my little investment was now worth so much, and paralyzing fear that it would all come crashing down.

So, I made the decision to sell some and keep some. Ultimately, I sold about 75%, and kept the other 25% on ice just in case it kept going. And I'm glad I did.

I put the money into a trust for a "rainy day", and I once again moved on with my life. It wasn't til about a year ago that I caught the bug again, and started buying sats. I got into an argument with someone online about Bitcoin, and it just reignited my interest. I was shocked when I saw the current value and realized the 25% I still had was worth even more than the 75% I had cashed out. So I started making regular small purchases, and intend to continue until it's retirement time, which for me is about 20 years.

There it is, the whole story. Live and learn, huh?