We should however always remember that we are going to only be ready of affording to make an investment on what we are capable of, this is not what should be done in haste or without having adequate and proper plan, we have to set a budget for how we want to go about with the kind of investment we are opting in for, take and manage the risk involved and have the understanding of the necessary requirements needed for it to turns a profitable one on us.
You are very right on this, I used to normally think that you can start right away with DCA as long as you have your vashglow planned out and emergency funds built-up, although this pattern is not bad expecially for beginners like me, now I see a new place of gathering knowledge and slowing down a bit on everything least I rush hastily to crash myself although in my case I don't mean sell my holdings but rather run low on cash.
I have been allocating about 25% of my weekly earnings from my salary to DCA and building up emergency funds cause prior to when I started I did not have any real savings, although I had already bought about 600$ worth of bitcoin 2 years ago way before I had any knowledge of what DCA is or how it can be done, so I allocate 25% to my DCA buys and another 25% to my emergency funds, I don receive extra cash from my dad but for some weeks now it hasn't been reliable and It affecting me on my investment even though I'm been strict on it. With what you have said now I think I need to go back and replan everything, so I could find a way to get more comfortable with my investment as I gather more knowledge and increase learning.