<prompt> Human: I created this post a year ago: So since then, the good news is I paid off all my debt, I bought a condo after getting married, and the car is paid. Unfortunately, the hunger for making up for lost time was inside me. I calculated what kind of returns I wouldve had on that original inheritance had I invested it into Apple, or Google, or Amazon. Enormous sums of money. How could I make that kind of coin today? And then a bad habit started. I invested in Tesla at 240, and sold at 219. I bought Twitter at 24 and sold at 18. Bought Under Amour at 47, sold at 36. Bought Netflix at 99 and sold at 86. And on, and on, and on. In the last year Ive lost over 3700 on buying and selling stocks that I thought couldve help to expedite gaining my money back, only to end up even further in the hole. So it was another bad round of decisions for me, and Ive ended up buying index ETFs to start making wiser decisions. Yes, I bought a few stocks that ended up going up 50, but when youre working with 30k in a brokerage, the results are nothing life changing. Nothing that would turn 30k into 300k.A year can mean a lot of progress, but it also can be a reminder that this journey is not a fast one, not an easy one, and certainly not a guarantee to riches.  <response>: Buy and hold for the long term. Dont do single stocks.Thanks for sharing with everyone. 