The Doge story in my world is a pretty interesting and very fortunate one. It has everything to do with Halloween and my friends' attachment to it. It was solely through a drunken messaging session that I ended up having any Doge at all.
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The world was in pretty hardcore lockdown basically everywhere in the world at the end of October last year other than where I live in Vietnam. However, the people of the city I live in, if not the entire country, don't really celebrate Halloween... at least they weren't doing so in the area I live and this brings us to how this conversation from that night that resulted in me dropping a bit of money on Doge happened.
I went home a bit disappointed that there were no Halloween parties going on anywhere and instead got involved in a chat with a friend who lived in the same city as I did back when I lived in Thailand. In that city, we got together with a business owner and he would throw a massive Halloween party including having a costume contest with prizes and everything. I won this contest one year and it should be known that my costume cost me about twice as much as the prize payout was.
Anyway, my friends who had this shared experience with me were online at the time since it was afternoon on Halloween where all of them are (the people in question have moved back to the US) and there was a group chat going with a lot of the pals from those epic parties back in Thailand about 10 years ago. We were talking mostly about how everyone is locked down and I was bragging (just a little bit) about how Vietnam has almost zero lockdowns in place but nobody is celebrating Halloween anyway.
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One of my friends who lives in Florida and was one of my best buds back when we lived in the same city (who am I kidding, he is still one of my best buds, just one I don't see often) was already drunk at 11 in the morning and this guy is a party animal, that is just the way he operates. It was then that he, a guy that I didn't even know had anything to do with crypto, said "well I am gonna celebrate Halloween by buying some Dogecoin."
I was also drunk, and never really gave Doge much of a look because aside from the cute logo (that dog is a Shiba Inu, by the way) but since this friend was making me laugh so much and had been doing quite well on my other investments at that point in time, I figured "what the hell, I'll join ya!" and dropped $300 into it.
I don't need to tell you what has happened since then. I already sold $300 worth of it back when it was worth 4 cents but as of the time of me writing this it is worth nearly 40 cents.
The problem I have each day that passes is that I am afraid to pull the trigger and sell but I also remember how devastated I was when it went up to 8 cents and then crashed back down to 2. I think that I would be much more angry at myself if it falls again. However, I also don't want to be one of those people that is looking at Doge 4 years from now when it is $6 wondering, "what if...? "
I am not an investor that reads charts and tries to predict the future of various coins, I don't even use the terminology correctly I'm sure. I get involved in various projects that produce a service that I think has a future (such as Travala / AVA) and the rest of my investments are basically the big 5 or very small investments in something that a friend says is an up and comer. I have too much going on in my "real life" to really dedicate too much time to analyzing the markets.
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The above meme is funny but come on, I don't really think that can happen with a self-admitted shitcoin can it? There are people talking back and forth about the future of Doge and well, if this bubble pops, I would prefer to be on the correct end of it but then again, how can anyone really predict that?
So what do you think? What would you do if you were in my situation? Also, if you are/ were an early adopter of Doge I would be interested in your thoughts on this matter.
you played it by te book by locking in some prfits on the way up, but still...it hurts and ya always feel there could be more.
somewhere you would say...it i s a meme coin, you made your profit...get drunk and be grateful and put it into something sustainable when you wat something again.
currently here the taxidrivers and my mother and law are talking about doge. that is a sign from above to run and sell asap! ;)
My thoughts on all of my holdings are to not touch them until I need them. Right now I have a job and I'm not hurting for money. I expect my portfolio to crash and moon over and over until I eventually cash out.
Would cashing out your doge make a big impact on your life now? No? Let it ride. Are you trying to buy a new motorbike or apartment and having problems getting the money together? Cash out.
Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to convert 25-50% of your doge into coins that you believe in. Then you can minimize any regrets from a doge moon or crash.
sound advice. I did precisely that.
Sell now and buy more AVA. That just makes the most sense to me. Sure, it might go up to $6, but will you really be able to look yourself in the mirror knowing you supported a coin with no use case? Okay, at $6, you probably won't care about any of that! I am trying to find a way to get some more AVA in my wallet right now. The lowly 26 tokens that I am holding are getting lonely. I just hate to buy now at $5 knowing it used to be $4. I guess if it ends up going up to $20 I won't feel bad then...
It's a pure shitcoin and will crash at some point. I had some and dumped at 5c making me 3x. I don't regret it.
yeah I think we spoke about this before. I sold half of what i was hodling today. I'm not willing to take the entire plunge, I hope I don't end up having ragrets about that but I covered my initial investment many times over already.
I think it's on the verge of mooning! Elon musk is on Saturday night live as we speak and he's probably going to mention it!
I don't watch that show and don't really have access to it. If you watched it and you know if he did mention it please let me know.
Apparently I'm a week early. He's scheduled to be on next Saturday. Haha sorry
WHAT? You Drunk?! hehe
I say no.. Ride it a bit further I think. Then bale. Or cash out and drop it into ETH lol.
Cute dog though right?! hehe
I hope you didn't sell too much of it, last I looked it was past 60 cents.