I’ve never been great at maintaining an online presence. These days especially, even finding the right words to reflect my inner thought world feels like more effort than it’s worth. I'm around though. In the words of a @plebpoet haiku:

still i can hear them in the other room. but here i, we, are silent.

hi :)

The 8 billion humans on earth are collectively experiencing ~254 years of reality every single second.

All very true points. With the state of the world as it is, those are certainly things to be extremely grateful for. Thank you for the refreshing perspective.

Thank you for sharing - I'm glad yours is a success story! In hindsight, I may have initially appeared more interested in helping than I was in getting compensated, and not as vocal as I should have been about the reality of my situation, especially as my situation became more dire. Then it became a classic sunk-cost fallacy.

I would be psyched to do some work for BitBox, will send over my info!

Thanks for your response and advice - it's comforting to know these experiences are fairly common themes of life.

That's the truth!

Thank you for the kind words of wisdom, Tony Giorgio. It means a lot

Thank you, I'm typically a black box when it comes to sharing my personal thoughts and experiences unless asked directly, but something has been urging me to share this, so I hope it manages to reach anyone who might benefit from it.

Thank you, I'm sure the lessons will continue to illuminate themselves for years to come, especially once the sting of emotions attached to the situation has subsided a bit more.

Wow, that hits. I had read this in the past but the reminder is well appreciated. Hal's ability to stay positive despite the overwhelming negativity of his circumstances is a beacon of hope, to say the least. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your story and your perspective. Maybe I'm not cut out for the professional chop - I don't like holding grudges, I'm more of a "Peace Love Bitcoin" hippie, just trying to help however I can. My willingness to help without reward probably gives people the impression that I'm well off, when really I'm a broke pleb who just is not wired to seek his own.

Thank you for the reality check on the things that really matter. I don't know much longer he'll be around, and the thought of losing him is worse than any amount of BTC lost.

Also, I love the "Friends are friends but money is money" quote - I've always had a hard time charging friends for any services rendered.

Thank you. I do think that on the other side of all this pain and struggling, I will emerge stronger and wiser for having gone through it. Lessons are definitely being learned every day that I'm continuing to process what happened, and I'm incredibly lucky to have such a supportive father, as you say.

P.S. I'm interested in your NASCAR experience, and what came of it!

Thank you, looking at it through this lens makes a lot of sense, and I appreciate you taking the time to lay it out as you did

Thanks for your input, there is some small consolation in the fact that time will prove to him that bitcoin is real and worth fighting for 🧡

While I agree, I do think the fact that this industry is so foreign to him, and that he has a hard timing wrapping his mind around it how profound it is, has compounded the problem. But yes, he is frustrated and needs to blame "something" to justify the emotions he feels regarding the situation.

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Love that!