Why overspend when you can stack sats?

This holiday season, make smarter choices, save more and stress less. Your future self will thank you!

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It's here! The Pixel 9 Pro XL is such a big upgrade from the 6 Pro. I'm a big fan of the new edges and redesigned camera bump—it finally looks and feels like the flagship phone it is.

As expected, the easy data transfer wizard simply did not connect to my GrapheneOS phone. I had to set up the device as new, and now I start the process of manually moving things over.

I'm okay with that; it provides an opportunity to reassess my installed apps and remove the non-essential. Thankfully, the automatic Google Fi eSIM transfer was seamless.

#IKITAO #Tech

GitLab is pure garbage.

Hmm kids these days don’t even know how park benches work!

Will the thingamijig fix that?

This year has been nothing short of life-changing.

I still remember the holidays when I couldn’t be with my family, when I had little to give besides love, and even then, love was enough.

But in spring 2023, I made a decision. I was done playing small, done holding back, done settling for less than I deserved. I chose to believe in myself fully. I spent the summer doing the hard work: learning, growing, sharpening my skills, prioritizing my health, reclusing from the people and places that didn’t serve me, protecting my energy, and leaning deeply into my faith. I knew I had more to give…to myself, to my family, to this life…and I wasn’t going to waste another second waiting for things to change. I was going to grab life by the horns!

And then, in February, everything shifted. An opportunity came my way that changed my life…mentally, physically, geographically, and especially financially. It was the result of every late night, every hard choice, every leap of faith. And let me tell you, it paid off in ways I never imagined.

In just a few days, I’ll be flying home to spend the holidays with the people I love most that I haven’t seen in so long. For two weeks, we’ll gather in a 28-bedroom sanctuary on the ocean, surrounded by wild horses. A space I created for us to reconnect, to celebrate, and to simply be together. My girls, my dad, my siblings, their families, our extended family…my ride-or-dies, all under one roof.

I made this happen. I set us all up to thrive. But more than that, I showed my kids something invaluable: that when you refuse to settle, when you’re willing to take risks and face failure head-on, when you learn to value your time and energy, anything is possible. I showed myself that the stories we tell about what’s “impossible” can be rewritten. Every barrier can be broken. Every limitation can be overcome.

And I’m not stopping here. 2025 is about taking things even further….creating more freedom, owning my time, and building a life that’s truly my own. Detached from the fiat hamster wheel, and board meetings, and 9-5’s. I’m setting myself free.

But right now, it’s about being present. About resting in the gratitude of this moment and soaking up the love and joy that got me here. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that no matter where you start, transformation is possible. You just have to believe in yourself enough to begin again.

#nostr #growth #grownostr #plebchain

Thought experiment.

Option # 1

Let’s say you have 10 bitcoin and we hit 2 million in the next few years.

You’re tempted so you sell it for 20 million dollars.

After taxes you’re be left with 16MM.

Which you use to comfortably generate 1.2MM a year in the tradfi markets.

So you take the money and retire.

Bitcoin crashes 60% back to 800k.

For a few years you feel like a genius. You enjoy your new rich person lifestyle.

You even buy back a few bitcoin. 2 to be exact. 20% of what you used to have.

Then bitcoin rises over the next decade to be worth 50 million per coin.

You’re worth 120 million now. And you decide to sell a little over half a coin and upgrade your lifestyle again to be able to generate an additional 2 million a year.

You’re now on paper worth 120 million, you generate 3.2 million a year (266k a month) and you’ve been largely stress free for the last decade.

Your kids will inherit roughly 1.62 bitcoin from you upon your death.

You have some level of regret about not hodling through, but you’ve been largely stress free and the mental health benefit was worth it in your mind.

Vs.

Option # 2

You have the same 10 bitcoin but you Hodl them.

Your stress levels are persistently higher.

You also decide to retire when Bitcoin hits 2 mil, but you decide to do so in bitcoin terms.

Your plan is to sell a little bitcoin as needed in order to fund your lifestyle.

This is roughly 1-3 million sats a month. Depending on bitcoin price.

Over the course of 10 years you end up selling or spending 2.4 bitcoin and are still left worth 7.6btc when bitcoin reaches 50 million.

Your net worth is 380 million.

You’ve reduced your lifestyle in bitcoin terms down to a million sats a month. (500k) or 6 million per year. You’re 46, Assuming you live until you’re 90 you will pass down 2.32 bitcoin to your kids.

You have no regrets about the way you played it, but your stress was consistently higher and there were a few scary months along the way.

Which option do you choose?

1 or 2?

I want a Linux distro where I can sign in with my nsec, on a new install, and have my apps and data automatically be downloaded.

I fixed my internet, then my servers broke. Then I fixed my servers then my phone broke. Then I fixed my phone. Then I made my software work for the first time, then my phone broke again. Everything is in balance.

A lot of people from my past don’t even know me.

Like at all.

I’m more myself now than I ever was at any other point in my life.

Which means I have great friendships and relationships now.

But dealing with people from the past is painful, because they’re expecting an old fake version of me and I just can’t muster a performance of that guy anymore.

I'm almost afraid to ask...

How do you make memes on a phone? On pooter, no prob, but phone, no idea

Upping my default #zap to 210 sats because it won't be long until 21 sats are worth less than one Great British Decline Penny

Still unable to send

Tried to zap you but failed 😔

Great. What applications do you use the most if I can ask? Bitcoin Core full node? From what I heard it's quite easy to run the apps.

How happy are you with Start9 server? Is server one enough? Thinking about it. You add a monitor and you ready to go?

Oh man I don't envy you. That sounds like the start of a really shitty few days

Thats crazy! My old pixel 3xl died a few months back out of the blue, most likely from old age, but I treated it pretty well and there were no warning signs, hadn't considered it might have been something malicious.

Can you feel it? The next wave of madness is here. Be careful. Most people will be overcome with hubris and dive into lust for fame and fortune. Their eyes will gloss over, and if you look carefully you will see the dreams of private jets in their minds.

This is my forth time navigating these waves of madness. 99% of the brilliant “opportunities” that are about to come your way will leave you wrecked.

But the most dangerous part of all is that these waves of madness will reveal which of your values are for sale.

Keep your cool, keep your values, and say “no” … a LOT.