when you invest the biggest enemy is your own personality. you have to be a vulcan without any emotions. you believed in your research of ripple being a great infrastructure which has great potential even now. you have to set goals for your investments. your biggest wealth is your health and common sense. investing is like a game when you use money you dont really need. remember the 3 P's People, product and profit. a good team of people (software eng) who make a good and excl product has to make profit at some point. and in your case add an other P for Patience. great to share your story and good luck with the game of investing