Baby investor but I'm proud of myself so far and don't have any irl friends to really share this with.
When I first began I was just picking stocks I liked, mostly quantum, because I love the technology and also bought into the hype. Then the quantum crashed happened in the beginning of January, and I panic sold and realized how terrible an idea it is to 1.) panic sell, and 2.) not do any real research into a stock. So I then I got way more diligent about what I purchased, and during this big dip I never sold and bought the dip as much as I could afford. When I took my spouse out for a late night snack or coffee run, I'd not get anything for me and instead immediately spend that money into buying more stocks.
An account just over 1k isn't much, and hopefully next year this time I'll look back and giggle at how scared I was when I was down 100$ in a day but still trusting that we'd get back into the green. Damn it feels good to finally have a green account!
In the last couple weeks I've pumped on the brakes on my taxable account. Now that there are less obvious ~40% discounted stocks, I'm going to hyper focus on credit card debt and maintain an 80$/week DCA into my Roth IRA that I started last month.
Good luck friends and don't sell unless you absolutely have to!