"I only bought 10 USD of bitcoin lets make a post to cheer myself up"

Here it is:

It is better to own something truly yours, even a little bit, than a lot of something that you are just a servant to.

You are a consumer, even if you are billionaire in the fiat system. Imagine 5% inflation every year on a billion dollars of fiat cash. Knowing you are actually losing money, and millions at that scale, you are forced into gambling (they call it investing these days)

Imagine Pablo Escobar, his chagrin that without even being busted by uncle Sam, at his peak powers, inflation was well over 10%: that means by doing nothing, Uncle Sam still got back 10-20% of the money made by the most powerful law breaker in the world.

Reflect