humans make mistakes and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate them from life but for you what would be more painful
1. you take a risk but it ends in a loss or;
2. you play safe but after time you see that you could have made profit if you took that leap
the first one could be more painful because you lose some money after believing that you could have find success in engaging in a specific project but the second one could also be more painful because you will be plagued with what if's but at least you would not have lost some money you just simply did not gain anything
what decision would be harder to live with?
The first step you described is a common bad decision. Let's talk about trading. Therefore, you should think through your trades in advance and understand where the support and resistance levels are, and at what Bitcoin price (for example) to start averaging or make a stop loss (exit to stable coins). And the second thing you are talking about is usually FOMO, everyone experiences it all the time. And this is considered a feeling of weaklings. I prefer to act, so I often act, even if sometimes it leads to losses. But this is normal, the main thing is to have more positive trades.