The Transition (aka MarylandHODL)@MarylandHODL21
Read the text below first. I think many can relate. Below is my response and insights. My intention for sharing is that I believe many struggle with this (I certainly do) and I hope this framing helps:
I’ve seen this trend with a lot of OGs.
The difference is they’ve already been through several full cycles. They had moments where conviction paid off in a very real, tangible way. There was a release valve. A feedback loop that said this mattered, this was worth it.
What feels different now is the last 5 years. Sideways in price, but more importantly, a shift in character. Less euphoria, more grind. Less external validation, more internal pressure. No clean bull cycle relief, no psychological reset.
It turns into a constant conviction test.
And that does something to you over time. Because when there is no release, conviction can quietly morph into identity. You stop holding the belief. The belief starts holding you.
That is where it gets dangerous.
Because at some point you have to ask what the tradeoff actually is. Not in theory, but in your day to day life. Your attention. Your presence. Your relationships. The parts of life that do not compound on a chart, but are ultimately the whole point.
And if those start getting crowded out, it is not a neutral trade anymore. It is a cost.
I think that is why some OGs go quiet. It is not loss of conviction. It is recalibration. Pulling identity back from something that slowly expanded to fill the entire frame.
Figuring out how to hold the idea without being consumed by it.
Because the real challenge is not just having conviction. It is knowing where it stops owning you.
And most people do not realize they have crossed that line until they are already trying to work their way back.
Bitcoin might still be right, but that does not mean the way you are relating to it is.
