You must have a source of income if you must succeed in your holdings.
For the few years I have been into cryptocurrency, I have discovered that you can't hold till the right time if your don't have a source of income. Just imagine that you have a pressing basic needs like feeding or rent, then you don't have money to finance it, you will be forced to sell your Bitcoin at a loss if you don't have a source of income outside your holdings.
Most people that have sold their Bitcoin holdings at a loss or at an average price actually have the patience but don't have the knowledge of how to hold, because a good holder must be aware that he needs a source of income for him to be able to consolidate to his holdings.
It has happened to me severally, I have been able to hold now, since I started working as a merchandiser with Guinness, I think most times, experience is the best teacher.
I think you may have learned from your mistakes. A lot of individuals have sold their bitcoin since they had no other way to make ends meet. Without a doubt, it will be very difficult to invest and hold bitcoin without having another source of income. Even with outside investment, it was wrong to rely just on one source of income because, as humans, we must deal with other issues. For instance, if we only depend on our investments, we will be left with no choice but to sell our bitcoin if we have any other issues to deal with. Op, that is great advise from you. It would be better for us to avoid investing if we don't have another source of income because we could end up having to sell it at a loss.
When I was first actually hold my Bitcoin, I didn't spend any single dime except for the internet data on my trading journey. Most of the capital I had came from faucet and signature campaign from early days and it keeps growing until today. So, it just depends on how well you manage your stuff, sure you need source of income but it can be from anywhere. Based on my experience.
I think you are still misunderstanding the Op. When we start our cryprocurrency journey, there will be some financial problems for us. If we don't have any other source of income apart from holding bitcoin, it will affect the bitcoin we hold. This is because, no matter how patient we are, if we don't have another source of income, we will sell the bitcoin we hold to solve the problems. Another source of income could come from anywhere but we cannot rely on our investments.