Eyes wide openHaven't checked in here for a long time.
Reading posts from people now who are essentially repeating a subset of what I have been writing for a very long time who were basically bulllying me off the board is encouraging.
If there is one more learning - if I may - listen to bears on a stock intently. Sometimes they have a personal vendetta or are short for not a good reason but if a bear is willing to engage and provides rational and structural arguments it can be very helpful to you as an investor.
If you can put aside your bullish bias in a stock and really try and evaluate and analyse a bearish thesis it can either provide you with more information than you had before or it can help solidify your own thesis if you are able to rationally dismiss their case.
Sorry to those who lost $$$$, I tried.