Selling your house, reallocating your capital into assets you believe in, dealing with the volatility of Bitcoin, experiencing loss, and exploring the value AI can bring to your learning process are all significant chapters.

Bitcoin’s price fluctuations can be brutal if you watch them daily, and stepping back is often the healthiest route for conviction investors. Using VOO as dry powder is a disciplined approach, especially since you are thinking long term rather than chasing fast gains. The options wheel on Mara may be small scale, but it is clear you are continually applying what you are learning to real positions. That hands-on practice is the kind of feedback loop many investors miss when they only read theory.

On the topic of AI, you are spot on. When used as a targeted research assistant, it becomes an accelerator for learning. The real value is in the dialogue it allows you to have with complex material, refining understanding on topics like bond yields, market dynamics, and economic signals in a way that is immediate and context-specific.