I finally did it, I really sold…or well…I started selling and plan on selling a total of 20-25% of my crypto.
Up until now, crypto has mostly just been a number on a screen for me, one which symbolized an brighter future for myself and the people I care about.
I tried to hold off selling any meaningful amount as long as possible. I sat through the 2018 crash and decided that this was a long game, bought into bitcoin somewhere around $6000 USD. I didn’t have much but I realized if i could stick it out for two bull markets, it would be worth it.
And so yesterday I sold about $2000 worth of crypto so I could pay off bills and build a tiny gap between new bills coming in and new payments coming in.
Guess how much I bought the same amount of bitcoin for? Under $100! 🤯
So I can’t claim that this isn’t life changing, but its a bit earlier than I wanted to start selling. I beleive bitcoin will do at least a 2x this cycle and was hoping to sell at around $180k BTC, but i have another batch of satoshis ready to cash out once the pump begins, this amount was to hopefully hold me off other few months until it’s a better time to sell.
Our plan to start a business seems to have been sabotaged by new policy which makes it harder for foreigners. Rather than be angry, I’ve decided to take it as a chance to build a cash position that takea some of our financial stress off and regroup and figure out where to go from here.
The goal now has become to get out of survival mode, wothout spendinga ton of money. Hopefully by taking out some crypto I can stop missing out on so many opporutnities. I want to play music and hold exhibitions and workshops and pop ups and sometimes that requires me to to out and talk to people and get involvednin the community which costs money in Tokyo. I won’t go crazy, I currently go to about 2-3 small events a month, so maybe I can double it and try to increase my income so after a few weeks or months and not deplete my new cash savings.
Mostly I need to come up with a new plan that doesn’t involve caving in and finding a 9-5 because if we turn back now, we will essentially be giving up on all our dreams ans that isn’t happening. Perhaps we will have to adjust them or scale down but we will not give up on living life freely and on our own terms. We will keep working towards that even if laws and social trensa make it more and more difficult.
Partner has her first art exhibition and a pop up shop next week so I am focused on heloing her with that and from there I will get back to lyrics and recording demos and book a show for October or November.
I am actually very exhausted right now, but physically and emotionally. It’s been a lot to deal with. This pivot will be a relief but the stress leading up to it was enough to do a number on me.
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Funny, I had a video interview for a 9-5 today, and the thought in the back of my head was "oh no, my Art", but if I do get the job, I'll have 2 hours on aa train everyday to write.
I still have a buffer since my last soul-draining corpo job, but the one I interviewed for today is different :)
So hopefully - that will help me achieve the other goals I have in life for the time being - to get some funds to enable my wife and I to travel, to buy some new computer hardware with the intent of it being a dedicated hive witness (as opposed to the shared box I am now running for one in my house) - and to go and catch more live music.
I've got three gigs (its a small number) for some major International-level acts between new and Feb next year to go and enjoy, but I am sad that I am missing out on the brilliant local ones at the moment due to budget constraints.
Are you staying relatively safe and dry from the deluges hitting Japan at the moment?
I don’t think every single regular job is bad. If it pushes you to focus harder on your art it’s a good thing! Some people need a pressure cooker. I do not, not anymore! I am very focused now, so a full time job would smash that focus into pieces.
Glad you can go to those shows? Who will it be?
After you see your favorite big ones, I’d say skip em next time around and check out smaller ones, I am forever a proponent of local shows not only cause it’s cool to support smaller acts but they are genuinely more fulfilling in the long run.
Seems things are going well for you even if it is a step back towards the beast 🤣
October, going to see an Australian band who recently signed with Nuclear Blast records, Reliqa - they're a female fronted band that sounds a bit like Nine Inch Nails, and a bit like Goth Metal. This one, my friend suggested, as tickets were only $30, and they're an Aussie outfit.
So I am going a bit out of my comfort zone on that one. They're pretty good, but not the best music I've ever heard.
Then in Jan, my best friend wanted to go see The Last Dinner Party. I've only started listening to their music in the past week, and I think they're incredible in their use of structure, harmony, and the way they use a few tempo / key changes in unexpected ways.
Finally, in Feb, Lacuna Coil - I listened to these guys to absolute death in my youth, and never thought I'd get the chance to see them live. Problem is it's been something like ten years since I listened to any of their new work, so I might have some surprises (or sadness) to contend with there, as recent set lists don't really capture what I remember of them.
I think that if / when I do land a full time gig - it will be nice to have a tiny bit of a pressure cooker - it will allow me to be more intentional with my focus.
Photography, Writing, Art, Going to Concerts, Staying Strong (in a physical sense - through weight training).
And yes, absolutely, things are going well for me. I drop off some art work for the local history symposium next Thursday, then on the day I go collect that, in the same exhibition space, drop off another piece for a 2 week arts festival in the local area.
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旅したけどその時給料は無しで今不安な生徒が多くて休み多くて大変になった！ けど大丈夫ね、なんとかなる
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