> jan - introduced to crypto > feb - grinding whitelists > mar - big money > apr - casino lights > may - work and gym > jun - a slow realisation > jul - bubble tea barista > aug - a talking stage > sep - a broken heart > oct - uni started > nov - another girl passes by > dec - depression a depressing yet fortunate year so i just finished my 1st year of accounting at uni and the discord group consisted like this crypto - james daniel henry ryan me gamers - dom nugget lily bailey tariq calvin connor beni i mainly hanged out with these two groups but it was the crypto guys who put me on this was the year of nfts it was all about grinding for WL (whitelists) for nfts, and sniping it was crazy eventually i started building up some capital which was good since i didnt have a job (another white lie - i had a job, but it was inconsistent - i worked at leon for a month, yole for 3 months in 2021, and yi fang bubble tea for 5 months in 2022) but yeah it was around march 2022 i entered a raffle and made emails to sign up for a raffle where i won 5 murakami nfts worth $25k each so i made about $125k then i used that money to get my balance up to 200k from trading nfts luck yes. hard work no. but my ego didnt let me think of that instead my ego ran through the roof i let the money get to my head instead of setting money aside i gambled, i bought more nfts, i spent money on useless things it was also this time the value of crypto in general was falling till the end of the year things slowly fell apart from september 2nd year started nfts fell in value a lot ive lost a lot of money in gambling pretty much lost everything started a new job as a barista got my heart broke twice i let things go out of control my emotions got ahead of me i was depressed. i wanted a reset. was this a year of fortune? maybe, maybe not. i had no one to talk to about this instead i fought this all alone i told no one i knew never to let my ego so high, probably one of my worst year in my life (maybe)