For me .. its a matter of investing time and effort.. it depends of what actions have you done.. must plant a seed first to harvest a fruit, in other words effort first before pay off 
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) Yeah, as a newbie, its seems that you really understand how this market works. Its not only money is involved here, emotions, and your time. That's why we will hear us saying that the earlier you can get in, the more profit you can get in the future. Specially if you have bought a lot of coins during the crash. Just by holding it for a few months, your investment can turn into many folds.
As far as Ethereum though, I doubt that we can get to $2K in two months. If you will look at his history, the $1K-$1300 was reach around 2 months if I'm not mistaken, around December - January. So based on that, its better to see it somewhere at the end of the month. I'm thinking that $2K will be likely hit early 2019 though.