I made this doodle quickly my version of me as a Pudgy Penguin
Okay, you guys are NOT going to believe this. Remember how I’m always dipping my toes into, like, literally anything that might magically make me less… well, me? So, earlier this year, I stumbled onto this crypto thing called Pudgy Penguin. Or Pengu? Honestly, the name still sounds like something you'd find in a kindergarten class, not on a chart. But this crypto Twitter guy, he was so convincing, talking about how it was a "nice buy" and "dirt cheap." And me, being the financially reckless but optimistic broke girl I am, thought, Why not? So I did the DCA thing – Dollar Cost Averaging, for those of you who also just nod politely when crypto bros talk. I managed to scoop up 943 of these little digital penguins. Yeah I admit that was me speculating but I got to start somewhere right?
And then… nothing. For months. I followed this Twitter guru, hoping for, like, daily affirmations of my impending riches. and then Crickets... The price actually went down. So, naturally, I unfollowed him. Because who needs negative energy when you're already living in the broke era, right? But I kept doing my little DCA thing here and there, mostly because I forgot I even had them. Still speculating and looking for some positive buzz on CT
And then, this morning. THIS MORNING! I woke up, checked my phone and nearly dropped it. PENGU. That little digital penguin that was basically living in the crypto gutter? Its price had, like, surged. Like, a proper, did I just win the lottery with a cartoon penguin? kind of surge. Apparently, there's some buzz about an ETF (whatever that is) and it's suddenly the face of crypto or something. Or is that is just me on hopium? People are calling it a "cultural icon" and saying it's hitting "billions of views." Who knew my digital bird was so popular?
Now I'm in a full-blown dilemma. Do I sell? Do I, like, speculate? Is that even a thing I'm allowed to do? Or do I hold onto these adorable little digital nuggets and wait until August, hoping it climbs even higher? Because if it does, honey, this broke era might just get a tiny, adorable, penguin-shaped upgrade.
Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing. But for once, it might actually work out. Maybe. Don't jinx it.
Until next time,
Still broke, but maybe, just maybe, a tiny bit less.