In the process of trying to be a future whales you could lost everything,trust me this got me no where and I realized that I've lost tons of money because I was never contented, be smart and always take advantage of any project that brings you profit, do not stare at your wallet and say 'im gonna be rich in 3 years later' this is 1% out of 100% chance that it's ever going to happen, remember, been rich isn't the most important part of our lives but living a good life is.
I do not understand the problem you tried to share here about what made you lost money. Was it that you lost your investment to scammers or that your wallet was hacked or that you bought tokens at ICO that did not list? Generally what I have realised is that crypto business is not a 100% guarantee to become rich. It is a luck and coincident thing to get a token which can make you money. It takes time ti become rich.