what i do is that i think about "what ifs" when price is rising and is at the ATH not after it stopped being there and started dropping and reached the bottom.
for instance i actually bought bitcoin at $150ish back in 2015 and i still don't mind if it drops back to $150 or even $50 for that matter because i have planned ahead. for example i sold something when price reached $700+ in 2016 just to satisfy my head and prevent myself from overthinking stuff. and when bitfinex was hacked and drama hit the market and price tanked i bought a lot more once again at $450-$500 and have been doing the same thing ever since.
in the end is till have more fiat and more bitcoin in my pocket. that's my Zen...
I'm retired and doing that with my alts...if they have to die to let me retire 3 years early...so be it ... (or if it gets soooooo bad my BTC too for that matter)
but for me, I'm keeping the BTC I've accumulated since 2013 and stable amount since 2015...mining seems to be playing out (pow scrypt: ltc) and I've
only the ALT coins to draw on now on my plot of using crypto the next 3 years and keeping BTC hoard intact...
crypto: it allowed me to retire 3 years early....bite me! (not really a Zen Koan)
let's see a Zen Koan on above from both our perspectives..... hmmmm
"Can you say, have BTC (virtual currency) if it can't be touched or smelled etc? And if it dumps in the future to zero....did it ever 'really' exist or was it just
a futile virtual hope?
But, if it does pump in value and you do 'exchange' some to USD....if it now exists.....was it not just a template of the mind anyway?"
(hurt my head on this Zen Koan Stuff)
anyway, feel free to dive in...its silly....but according to Bill Gates and Warren Buffet ...so are all of us
brad