Everyone told me to wait until I had money. I didn't want to wait.

Where I'm from, telling people you trade crypto gets you strange looks. Telling them you got a grant to start sounds fake. It wasn't.

The first thing I learned was that the amount doesn't matter as much as the habits. I journaled every trade. I set rules. I lost some, I kept some.

A first shot isn't a lottery ticket. It's a starting line. What you do after is on you.