I’ve since started using Bitcoin more as a long-term store of value than a get-rich-quick tool.
That's why it's very important to do your research and study before jumping into investment. If you had done this, it wound have given you and insight of how the market works on a long term base. You don't expect price to trend to your direction just because you invested at that moment. It's going to test your patience and willingness to hold the market at all conditions. Bitcoin requires time and patience for one to be able to make substantial profits from their investments. You don't have to panic after the market, asa long term holder you just stay calm and avoid getting panicked..
a lot of newbie investors always make this mistake of not doing their own research before diving into investment, assuming the OP did his own research after he came across bitcoin in 2021 I don't think that he or she will sell of his or her bitcoin investment in panic due to the dip that occurred in bitcoin as at that time he or she bought it, at least he should have knew that bitcoin is a volatile asset that it price can fluctuate dramatically. And secondly anyone who want to invest in bitcoin should always have it at the back of his or her mind that bitcoin investment is a game of patient and commitment, because bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme that you can garbage in and garbage out.