having a great year in the market, but things haven't been so hot over the last 3, but i just checked and my performance since the 2022 market bottom is now beating s&p again. before that i had lagged badly as well, but fortunately i had very little money invested. i suppose i could have grown it better but i was making a lot of mistakes, thought i knew more than i did, stubbornly investing in value instead of growth. i started with 10k all the way back in 2012, what was supposed to be my college fund but i dropped out of community college. come a long way since then. never earned more than 15k/year waging, now i get 7200/year allowance, used to be just 4800. the year my grandma died i did get a 40k gift, that was huge for me. but today i have 313k in the brokerage, a little bit of crypto, and i'm really starting to take off. obviously things can change, seen dark days before, but i feel like i've learned a lot and am finally a good investor. wish i'd been smart like my brother, he's a millionaire already, earns over 100k, has a family, but unfortunately i chose mischief and rebellion. it led me to a good spot eventually though, and for all he's got he lacks wisdom and is not in good physical shape. and he's balding. anyways rambling but i'm happy right now, investing is an important part of my life and i feel like i'm finally having measurable success. got a ways to go before my all-time is better than the s&p, but i think i'll clear that hurdle someday as well.

equities pumping because no jobs i guess. well whatever the reason i'm glad prices are up and rising. got a lot of sleep, starting to sleep through most the night on my lift days, good improvement, i'll see if i can do my cardio before midnight today. guess i'll try trading the russell today, dunno if i should just buy at open or not though, having some tea and trying to come up with a plan.