I sometimes feel that i came late to bitcoin because i got in during 2012, then i was late to the show, but now i am like old skool. Have seen all this shit before and am like ,,,, "what ever" trust me me newbies , or dont its the bitcoin way. we have been down this road before, just dont sell or trade into alts you will regret it.

learn from my mistakes.

It's a healthy approach IMO.
The whole of the 21st century is probably going to be this way, not just Bitcoin. If you don't keep learning, and learn fast, you'll be left so far behind so quickly that you'll get (figuratively or perhaps even literally) eaten.