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Banned from dead bird. Fixing anything before fixing money is futile. Anaesthetist & ✝️ father. Building local with npub103a6vk43crw497dlaptwfmhctxqu22mwepshjcvvp29fzwrhtx4q675n6p and farmfoodmap-org.vercel.app

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

Fucking A!!

My wife's a big Rabbi Daniel Lapin fan. This episode is short and zeitgeisty with a clear message of how secularism carries costs & faith bestows many real-life benefits. "The Maddening Thing They Do With Christmas/Chanuka"

rabbidaniellapin.libsyn.com/the-maddening-…

https://youtu.be/hsGPP-raIJI

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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?

#2. Gonna just keep hitting the cheap fiat credit as long as I can then only peel off what I need., rent, don't splurge. The way I see it, living more frugally isn't stressful, particularly with the fallback of Bitcoin as personal reserve asset.

Wish you had an app like Mullvad. Really simplifies the connection process.

Anyone else noticed how in movies/TV the new 'black guy dies first' became 'black guy is gay'? Just an observation.

Bugger. Switched LN Addresses until resolved, hopefully soon. Node is live.

The antidote for anxiety is gratitude.

Has anyone else been cyberattacked? My Graphene Pixel 8 borked last night - black brick. My principle Fedora laptop's screen develops epilepsy and becomes unusable after 10 minutes and my homelab server is down with a corrupted RAID drive.

On old phone, thankfully with synced Aqua, Zeus & Phoenix wallets.

The only thing that's survived the Russian hackers is my nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz3rhwvaz7tekd3jks6rev3ehyargv9nk66tnxe6h2dn5w43kuerk0fmnwcm4vfc8z6mgweu8j7fhdfhkjmmrxs6k66mnwg6x2cty9ehku6t0dchsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxduhs5nd6j2 Server.