"I could have been financially free": The mental exhaustion after missing out on a hundredfold coin
In the cryptocurrency world, everyone has heard the phrase: "I could have been financially free." Behind this statement often lies a painful experience. You see a coin that skyrocketed from a market value of several million to tens of billions, while you either didn't buy, sold too early, or mismanaged your investment. You think you just missed an opportunity; in reality, you missed the possibility of reshaping your destiny.
This imagination of "what if" is a typical form of mental exhaustion. You know you can't change the past, yet you repeatedly simulate: what if I had held on, what if I had listened to a friend's advice... These thoughts will continuously drain your judgment and action in the current market. You start to doubt your understanding, question your judgment, and ultimately descend into a complex emotional abyss of "fear of missing out + self-blame."
What's even scarier is that this sense of missing out is not a one-time affair. Every bull market produces countless hundredfold coins, and each missed opportunity plants a seed of "I don't deserve to succeed" in your heart. Over time, you may find it impossible to strike out fully, to trust any project, or even to believe in yourself.
A truly mature investment mindset is one that can acknowledge: "I could have, but I didn't; I didn't, but I can still continue." Financial freedom is not about whether you missed out, but about whether you can still maintain a stable mindset and have the courage to continue investing after missing out.
