It cannot be denied that we really need courage, strength and patience to hold Bitcoin. Because no matter what, there will continue to be various problems, issues, FUD, uptrends and so on which can interfere with our desire to hold. What is certain is that we are obliged to manage our finances well, namely by investing according to our abilities, don't force it. and make sure that we really can and are able to hold it well. whatever the condition, without panic under any circumstances. stay calm and patient.

Do you earn $3000/month? If that's the case then your income is actually more than enough and even if it's per year I think it's still very large because if we talk about comparisons with salaries in my country which are still in the average range of $200-$300 it's actually almost the same.
Especially if it's $3000 per month then I really don't understand what kind of needs you have until that much money is not enough to fulfill your needs for one month.

Investing in bitcoin is not a demand and do it while you can but when you often buy and sell bitcoin that you have it is not an investment but I might classify it as trading.
As for when you sell the bitcoin that you have actually it is also not wrong if indeed you have made a profit from there regardless of the need or not as long as it is profitable and you think selling is the best choice then why not because again this is about your own choice.

True, $3000 a month will be too much. In fact, with that kind of money, he can save a lot or allocate a huge amount of his salary for buying bitcoin or doing DCA. But the thing is, this statement is not clear. The OP didn't elaborate if this is his monthly salary or not, but if it is his monthly salary, then I don't see a reason for him not to own a bitcoin or allocate an amount for doing DCA of satoshi until he can accumulate satoshis that eventually will become bitcoin. If it's true and yet he can't still own a bitcoin or he ends up selling his holdings, then maybe because of their lifestyle, that's why he often needed to sell his assets based on his statement. If that's the case, then the problem is in him. Anyway, I would like to hear from OP if that salary is monthly or not, because if it is monthly, then I don't see a reason for him to not own a bitcoin right now.

Prejudice from your own understanding makes you doubt your own abilities. I don't think there are any limits in life, you don't have to force yourself to approach something you eligible yet. Do you have a job that brings you income, and are you willing to spend 5 -10% of your spending to buy bitcoin every month, and accumulate it for 5 or even 10 years... and learn again "what is investing?" The term can be easily searched, but when asked, not many people can understand its basic content, and many people like to play a game without understanding what it is about. This time, how you understand bitcoin will reflect your goals and how you seek opportunities with it.

If you hear about ways to own bitcoin without spending money to buy it, that is an opportunity that you can research for yourself and it is certainly not easy if you are not ready. And one thing I realized in life is that before you want to eat a sweet fruit, think about how to grow it.

I think you have gotten good advice from a few members already. You have a very good salary that I believe should foot all your bills, or are you taking care of a whole community or your entire family? that you can't hold bitcoin even with the slightest amount. Brother, you need to learn money management because if you don't know this key to success, you will probably be working from hand to mouth every time.

There are unnecessary bills that come in as a man that need to be ignored. Yes,  I'm still a kid, but I know that. You can't respond to every need, so you can split your pay differently to use a small portion for Bitcoin holding. Out of $3000, you can just use at least $30 for DCA, and if you can't still hold as little as that in your DCA, then I will suggest you just take your hardware wallets far from you so you can get them when you wish to sell and take your money. I think this will help a little, but you really need to learn money management, buddy!

Hodling is never a smooth pattern. There are tons of challenges that you will face from market crash and correction, and from selling your coins at a low price the moment you badly needed some funds, and that's normal for a hodler like us. No one ever hold without getting tempted to sell. But with self-control and discipline, you will survive all of the challenges since you have a goal to reach, a target selling price that you have set up from the very beginning of hodling.

While hodling is not limited to anyone, but if you want to be a successful hodler, you should stabilize your source of income first so that you won't end up selling every now and then. Having a stable income aside from long term hodling is essential, that way your focus is on your goal, since you're not distracted thinking if there are funds available for you to spend for your personal needs.

Broke is a state of mind as they say cause if there's a will, there's a way. Now unless you're in abject poverty where all of your money gets spent on nothing but your basic needs for living, I don't think you wouldn't be able to afford investing on bitcoin. A lot of newbies think that in order for them to profit in the crypto world they must own one or more whole coins of a certain project, that simply isn't the case my friend. There are a lot of ways for you to be able to still have  stake in the coin of your choosing without having to spend so much money in one go. DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging) being a prime example of that. You consistently put in a specific amount you can afford into an investment venture you chose, which in this case is bitcoin, and watch as your money accumulates along with the potential profits you may harbor throughout that period. I think it's something you should look into since you're not that confident about being able to buy bitcoin in one go.

First off, learn how to budget, in reality since you're earning more 1000 bucks you pretty much have it better than 80% of people in the planet right now. Learn how to budget and see which expenses could be dropped off and which couldn't. I say cut off that Netflix subscription and watch pirated films instead lol.

You're not rich enough to buy or hold bitcoin? Well you're not broke enough to not be able to accumulate it either. Make your choice my friend.

I think the main reason why you can’t hold is because you don’t really have a good job yet, or maybe I will say you are not satisfied with what you are having. If you are planning to hold bitcoin, then the first thing you should do is get a job. If you don’t have other sources of income, then you will find it difficult to hold bitcoin because you will end up selling it when you are in need of money. I am sure a similar thing is happening to you.
 
So just get a good job that pays a decent amount of money, and then you will be able to plan yourself and have a specific amount you will be using to invest. If you can do that, then you should be able to hold. Make sure you have emergency funds that you will always make use of without touching your bitcoin investments. In case there is an emergency, you won’t be selling bitcoin before you solve the problem.

I don’t really get this part. Are you receiving $3,000 daily, weekly, monthly, or annually? If you are receiving $3,000 monthly, then that’s a decent amount of money. I don’t know the part of the world where you are, but in any part of the world, receiving that amount of money is not really a small amount, and I am sure you should be able to save after taking care of the necessary things that you are supposed to take care of. If you are receiving $3,000 monthly and you claim you can’t invest in bitcoin, then you should just know that you are not ready to invest.

Only you can control your future, you can either stay within your employment bubble and not look for any other opportunity, or, you can look outside of the box...there is always a chance to make a little more on the side, or create and continually reinvest in a business that could eventually bring a passive income. Bitcoin is not going anywhere either...after this cycle, there will be another. Why? The fed and other central banks around the world will always create more and more money...what other choice do they have? So with this in mind, you have two choices:
- Slowly accumulate bitcoin within your means, to protect yourself from the growing money supply to to take advantage of its scarcity - Take advantage of the obvious cycles that take place in BTC (1-2 year bull 1-2 year bear)
- Stay in cash, watch as your expenses grow and your wage doesn't grow at the same rate, stay in the struggle, and live a mundane life for the machine.

Sounds dark, though that is how it is for those who don't have the courage to put one toe out of their comfort/security bubble, or start investing before they're within the actual means to do so.

Earn first, then invest.

If you want to chat more about how to put a toe out of the box, contact me. We'll find your interest and I can tell you some ideas to look into. You can also use AI, that's a very good companion to talk about these kinds of things and find your interests that could potentially make money, if you ask the right things and go into depth with it (otherwise you'll get generic answers that will make you think AI is invaluable).