It's a good start, greyfoxsylux.
If it's all you had, then next time consider not putting all in one place. Either spread it over more services, or simply keep some behind, and very best, both: spread the risk
and keep some behind. Especially since you have a lot to protect with your mother.
You might not think it's very much, but what applies to big amounts also applies to small amounts. Plus, it's all you had, so it
is much.
Teach yourself these little tricks and rules and stick to them, and later on it becomes natural, and with any luck will prevent you from acting on impulse. Usually impulses make you pay. Then again, yours might be way better then mine. Mine suck in general
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Sticking to pesky rules slow things down, but nothing slows you down worse then losing all you have, believe me. Besides, you(r rules) grow and evolve.
And honestly, I don't have much. True, when converting all investments to dollars it's quite a bit, but I don't
hold that kind of money, and what I have in total is built by small (re-)investments here and there, and so on, for months and months and months. And I keep on building, so I still hold nothing. If all of this crypto stuff dies tonight then I'll still have nothing. Though, it's a fun ride and I learn a lot from all things surrounding this. Including peeks in human nature. And my nature. Some surprises there
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Ow, you might want to put that referral link in your signature though. In general, ref links inside posts will be removed by mods