Exactly, that pressure to catch the train often leads people into bad decisions like overextending or misusing funds meant for something else. The beauty of Bitcoin's long term parabolic nature is that you don’t need to rush. Just stick to your own pace, DCA with what you can afford, and let time do the work. No FOMO, just patience.
A person should never think that he is too late to invest. Keep one thing in mind, if you know about Bitcoin today, you are much ahead of many people who are not aware of what Bitcoin is. So first you need to start investing and at the same time you need to reduce your extra expenses. So that you can invest more money. Always try to keep yourself stress-free so that you do not get too scared if you see a decline in the market. Hold your holdings for the long term, you can benefit in the future.
A person who missed out on Bitcoin when the price was very low shouldn't think that it's too late for him to invest in Bitcoin because we aren't even sure he would have invested in Bitcoin if he knew about Bitcoin when Bitcoin wasn't even up to $1. The Bitcoin price is still in the level where new investors can comfortably accumulate it, so instead of thinking that it's too late to invest in Bitcoin, he should start accumulating Bitcoin with the DCA strategy for 4-10 years, and if he's consistent in his accumulation, he will accumulate a good quantity of Bitcoin and eliminate any chance of regret in the future. If there's a decline in the market, being stress-free won't save you from getting scared. It is when you use discretionary income to invest in bitcoin that you won't be scared if there's a decline in the market because you can use your discretionary income to do whatever you want.
There is no need to wait and hesitate to invest in Bitcoin, if we missed an opportunity previously when Bitcoin was in a downturn, In as much as Bitcoin is a volatile asset it is quite unpredictable, I think there is no time that is late to invest in Bitcoin whenever that we have a discretionary income we can always invest immediately, there is the DCA method to accumulate Bitcoin which can enable us to buy at any price, being consistent in accumulating Bitcoin is my priority as a pleb who is a low coiner and want to accumulate and build a stable Bitcoin portfolio, I might have some challenges but staying motivated to accumulate Bitcoin is more important and to accumulate as little as it is to accumulate Bitcoin, and investing what we can afford to lose so we don’t panic during our accumulation stage.