I can only say this because I have a normie job and a crypto job, both which allow me to cover all my *needs* and some *wants* - only a few because I'm in a long term resolution of reducing the wants to the bare minimum - and also DCA a little bit into my favorite coins and tokens every month.

In order to be able to not sell, and be able to buy into crypto the first thing we need is a steady source of income. I didn't have a job for a few years where I was making a living from content creation, investments and yield but every now and then I had to sell crypto to make ends meet and dude, it sucks. Every time I had to sell I hated myself for taking money from *old Eric's bag*.

I decided to fix that and I got off my ass, used the skills I've stacked over the past decade and then got a couple of jobs in companies I love, I believe in, and align with my worldview and values.

It was only then that I was able to come up with a statement that eventually became a mindset, and it is now a lifestyle.

### I am simply not selling

That's how this mindset came to be, but it's fueled by a much more complicated worldview, which is what I want to share with you on this post, which is basically a recap on my take on crypto over the past 3 months.

The use cases of crypto are [slowly but surely growing](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/about-btc-and-retirement), old Tech is moving towards obsolescence and those [companies who adopt blockchain](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/about-old-tech-and-dinosaurs) will win the 2020's, the people are not ready for crypto but [crypto is ready for the public](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/is-crypto-ready-for-the-public) especially if we consider how much money and time are crypto companies putting into [educating the audience](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/crypto-can-t-thrive-on-ideology-alone) and going from ideology to practice.

Crypto came to disrupt the current status quo and it is [completely changing how things work](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/the-disruption-currency) to a point where we even have a [Crypto continent](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/africa-the-crypto-continent) and that's just the beginning, because overall FinTech companies are also adopting Crypto and finding ways to [implement blockchain technology](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/if-you-are-not-familiar-with-fintech-you-re-missing-out) on their day to day activities.

[Security in crypto](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/when-it-comes-to-crypto-security-is-key) is not what it used to be, nowadays we have enough resources out there so that anyone who wants to learn about blockchain, tech and the crypto world can do so and be prepared to invest and move from Fiat to Crypto, which allows a lot of people to just [go all-in on crypto](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/being-all-in-on-crypto), and some of them are even actively searching for [jobs in crypto](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/getting-a-job-in-crypto) because the industry is now so big and strong that it has become a job market on its own.

Bitcoin and other major currencies have use cases that are similar to [traditional finance](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/bitcoin-without-leverage) but with a different approach and actively fighting the system and the current status quo - remember that the best way to fight the system is to adopt the counter culture, which is crypto - and the [trend in consumerism](https://leofinance.io/@anomadsoul/the-trend-in-consumerism) tells us that crypto adoption is basically the only way to fight inflation and achieve financial freedom.

### Crypto as a hedge against the system and as a means to an end

The end goal is *making it*, right? 

Who cares what *making it* is, it may have a different meaning for everyone reading this, and that's ok. The key take on this is that in order to achieve your goals, adopting crypto - and holding it long term - is the best strategy to have enough leverage, resources and tools to *make it*, whatever that means to you.

##### Do you understand this? I do, which is why *I am simply not selling*.

![notselling.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVM3mnzHSRS2hT6LJ1K2UE7ddh2cyQ2kLFDSzY8HCZqDK/notselling.png)

<sub>Oh Yeah, that's me, and behind me you can see everyone who sells when they don't need the money and are just shorting crypto</sub>

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