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Bitcoin, powerlifting, and video games. Psalm 26

which is more exciting, #Bitcoin breaking $100k or all the memes when Bitcoin breaks $100k? I am more excited about the memes!

Good afternoon!

Replying to Avatar Jameson Lopp

bottom left for me 😆

90k getting left behind. Green candels till 100k?!? 🥵

GM(ish). Maybe I will get new sweatpants when BTC hits 100k? I only own 1 pair of jeans and 2 pairs of sweatpants for the winters lol. been wearing these specific ones for 8 years!

yeah ....I find myself to enthusiastic about checking the price lol.

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Story time:

6 years ago my mother in law was left penniless in a surprise divorce at age 67.

My father in law (piece of shit) had left her with nothing and planned to dump her on social security.

She was working as a pre school teacher making $14 an hour.

We had to move fast.

Father in law literally shotgun divorced her.

Showed up at the doorstep with a notary and manipulated an emotionally fragile woman into a binding legal agreement.

I was pissed.

I showed up a few hours later with a series of financial plans.

And with tears still streaming down her face in the kitchen of her tiny apartment, she picked one.

I gave her 3 options.

1. Aggressive

2. Extremely aggressive

3. Dave Ramsey rice and beans

She chose number 3.

Over the next 4 years she rode her bike to work everyday. Watered down her lemonade. Spent nothing on herself. Walked dogs for extra income. Took weekend shifts at the preschool. Showed up early. Stayed late and against all odds was able to save 12k a year on a salary of only 27k.

I set up a couple retirement accounts for her and whenever she would scratch $1,000 together she would give it to me and I would smash buy GBTC or MSTR.

My mother in law has never invested a day in her life and I didn’t want the news or some boomer friend to freak her out, so my wife and I just tell her she’s invested in “the market” 😂

When Bitcoin (the market) is doing good, we tell her and when it’s not we just… don’t tell her lol

So she’s effectively shielded from the emotional volatility of hodling. Which makes her a very good hodler.

Fast forward to today.

I helped her retire from the preschool. She is now living with us and helping look after her grandchildren.

She went from being near suicidal. My wife and I were legitimately concerned about her mental health. To a happy healthy and vibrant grandmother.

And as of yesterday she crossed 500k in retirement accounts.

I expect she’ll be a millionaire soon.

She can now comfortably retire with dignity.

This is not something that would have been possible without Bitcoin.

As cool as it is to see people like @saylor make billions of dollars these are the stories I live for.

The average person fixing their life with bitcoin.

It’s so fucking beautiful man.

Life’s good.

holy crap that is awesome. thank you for sharing!

The totality of human knowledge is a sword too heavy for any one individual to wield.

wow that hurricane was brutal! Some of my friends are still without power. Been off Nostr for a while. Hope eveyone is doing well!

GM.

I honestly love cloudy days. They have a certain ambience I find relaxing rather than bleak.

Among other readings from the Bible this week this really stuck out to me.

"If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame." - Proverbs 18:13