Thanks for sharing this. I had a nice stack at the end of 2020 but I got cocky and I tried a lot of things: started my Bitcoin business, paid for classes, bought two miners in a shady mining business...

I had to get back to basics. Educate myself on money, Bitcoin and how to stack Sats. I decided to work for other people and take care of my family! Working for Fiat is just getting liquidity for life. No big deal. Stacking sats is better than supporting someone else dream. The biggest lie in any business is that if you do X we will give you Y later. It happens all the time in contacting.

"Do this for cheap and we'll give you a really nice job next time."

There is never a reason for someone not to pay you. Never. "Friends are friends but money is money." Former Soviet Union phrase.

If you have a valuable skill you can earn in any market. Talk to your dad and be honest with him. No one will fully support your dream. That's ok. Support someone else and get paid. Then pay yourself in Bitcoin.

These days I get excited when I get mSats from a lightning routing or I'm about to stack 10,000 sats from using Fold.

Maybe you and your Dad can do a BITCOIN project together. I worked with my dad for many years and he taught me a lot. He's dead now. Enjoy your Dad while you can.

Set up a watch only wallet for him and add some Bitcoin so he can watch it grow.