In 2022 if you:
- kept all your bitcoin in self-custody,
- checked your backups,
- avoided noise like SBF/FTX drama, politics and put your attention and time elsewhere,
- withdrew bitcoin from exchanges,
- avoided "yield", "lending" and other scams of 2022,
- increased your bitcoin holdings,
- worked on your health, relationships, living conditions, knowledge, skills,
- gained new experience (inside or outside Bitcoin),
then you are probably better off and beat most other (individual) strategies. Congratulations!
Any other views? What else could have been done or avoided? Isn't avoidance of pitfalls as much impactful as chasing "yield"?
Your points are on point OP! I also have some to add:
- Read between the lines. Don't take mainstream media drama for what it says, question the motives that could be behind the article.
- Diamond hands. Don't sell what you don't need to and don't get sucked into the tricks of the charts!
- Learn the tech. Dive deeper into what is behind Bitcoin and blockchain, learn how to understand and appreciate its intricacies.
- Don't limit yourself. Expand your horizons and look for new opportunities, there are still plenty today!
- It's worth being said twice...DON'T USE CENTRALIZED EXCHANGES UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO! Definitely don't hold anything inside of them either. Every crypto has a supported wallet! Even the shitcoin long shots!
- Invest in your work environment. It will only allow you to do all of the above much faster.
- Invest your time into improving your cyber security knowledge. We are in the age of digital warfare, it is happening every second of the day and NO ONE is excepted! The last thing you want is for all of the hard work you have put into both following these principles and whatever you are pursuing to go to waste from bad security practices. In your spare time, research to become safer!