I'm glad to hear you only invested a small amount. Hopefully you can just take it as a life lesson and not be filled too much with regret. I've certainly made mistakes that have cost me money in the past. A few examples: dropping out of school (and later returning years later once tuition had tripled), missteps in my career, a period of unemployment exacerbating my credit card debt, etc.

It is probably best to wait until you've bought the property. That property is an investment as well. I don't mean in the "buy a house and sell it later for big bucks" variety, it's an investment for more comfort in your life and future. I'm about ready to start saving up for a house as well, and it's going to be hard to stop throwing in $100 here, $100 there towards crypto and only put it towards a downpayment, but I need to start doing that.

Also stop buying video and board games for awhile. I'll have to only play the stuff I already have and never got around to playing for awhile. It's going to be hell :)

Yes, for me it was only a 1 week salary I invested and only lost 1 third of it so when it was all over I lost maybe 2 days wage.

So I felt sad for a while but I have forgotten about it relatively soon. And it was a good lesson to learn.

I am planning to probably buy a property either end of this year or early next year so I am nearly there. My saving discipline will soon pay off!

Yes I think if you stop throwing $100 here and there at crypto, over 2-3 years that will translate into a nice lump sum of cash. Can be a basis for a deposit to buy a house.

With games, I'd suggest buying games which you'll be able to play for a long time so you minimize these costs. For example, I bought Starcraft 2 for £35 and you can play that game for years.

It was a deal including all 3 single player campaigns which are fun and then there is a massive multiplayer world where you can incrementally improve and challenge yourself playing tougher and tougher opponents.

You just reminded me that 2 years ago I bought Heart of the Swarm and I have yet to install it or play it. I should do that. I didn't even realize the third one came out already either. Thanks for that.

Also congrats on having the savings discipline to save up for the house!

I just finished Wings of Liberty campaign recently, might try some multiplayer games first to see if I can play with real people without losing horribly.

I might play Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void later. There is also 4th campaign called Nova Covert Ops. But the pack I bought only contained WoL, HofS and LofV so I will probably skip that one.