Nice story, funny how things happen sometimes, and i agree with you we should follow our guts and feelings.

Mine is not so cool like yours 
I got into btc after i broke my leg at work. this was like 3years ago more or less. i still remember going on the ambulance holding my foot because i was afraid the broken bone could rip the flesh and i would never be able to walk....

it was after i had surgery one week later that i started to think seriously about my future and im not that young anymore. Money wise i was pretty much not broke but almost. My salary was just enough to pay for my bills. I doubted myself.

It was in one day during those 4 months i was at home that i was forced to buy btc. i was looking for a vpn and the seller only accepted btc and paypal but he had paypal disabled for some reason that day. so if i remember correctly i created my coin base account so i could buy nord vpn haha, bought 10euros of btc and from there it was a long journey till this day.

My accident gave me the opportunity to enter crypto and for that i am thankful because even tho i knew btc or at least i heard about it a couple times before, but i never stopped to look.