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I'm completely broke.  Yes, I've been "wrecked" a few times.  Bitcoin was never about getting rich, it was about challenging the status quo.  

I had to leave my hometown in the Northeast USA right before lockdowns to find work.  I had nothing but a bicycle and some hiking gear.  It was mid-February.  My breath froze on the surface of my face, creating an ice mask.  After several days of bike-packing and hiking further north and east, I got a job.

But I didn't truly stack sats.  Yes, I converted all my money to Bitcoin whenever possible, but I used my Bitcoin for remittances.  I sent money to Kyrgyzstan where it's worth more.  At first, I sent money to four different parties.  Then, I decided to focus spending on my Kyrgyz girlfriend.

I worked many shit jobs and could sometimes save $10k to $20k by living in a tent.  I actually prefer to live this way.  But, it seems like I mostly just spoiled my girlfriend.  The money all disappeared.  I DID fund a two classroom schoolhouse that's been 90% completed for 5 years.  But that was in the pre-COVID era.  

Over the years, I find myself falling into the same pattern over and over again.  Work, send Bitcoin to my lady, travel, go broke, start again.   Surely, there's more to life.  

Bitcoin came as a sign of change.  But I'm not feeling any real big changes.  I think we're doing it wrong, guys.  Can't we be doing something differently?

A few days ago, I bought a Frosty at Wendy's in the San Salvador airport with Bitcoin.  Feels like a long way from being able to have a family.  Now, I'm looking for a shit job again, taking two shits at a time in the woods, drinking runoff from the ground.  Where did we go wrong?