Finally crossed $10K. Took longer than I’d like to admit, but here we are. Started sometime around COVID (2020) with around $500 in hand (you ever heard that cliche story? 😆anyway...only this time its true) and absolutely no idea what I was doing. I’m talking buying random stocks because someone on YouTube said so, panic-selling during dips, holding bags I had no business holding- the full newbie experience. Five years of watching my portfolio go red, recover, go sideways for months, and occasionally do something that made me feel like a genius (it wasn’t genius, I got lucky). I’ve sat through at least 4-5 proper “what is even happening” moments in the market where I genuinely questioned everything. But somewhere between the bad bets and the boring stretches where nothing moved, something clicked. Started being more intentional, stopped chasing hype, and just… kept going. Today the portfolio crossed $10K for the first time. It’s not life-changing money, I know.…