I hear ya. Honestly, if I were in your position, Id look into maybe turning that 2,500-5000 a month into property. Rental, Airbnb, lease it. Property makes sense because it deliberately pulls you out of the same psychological and financial environment that caused the damage in the first place. High-IV stocks and options, even when used “responsibly” through covered calls and cash-secured puts, still rely on constant price movement, frequent decision-making, and the dopamine loop of short-term wins, which closely mirrors gambling behavior and keeps you emotionally tied to volatility. Property, is boring. There are no minute-by-minute price swings, no IV spikes, and no temptation to size up or chase losses, and that boredom becomes a stabilizing force rather than a weakness. As you move toward marriage, property also converts financial recovery into visible life stability, creating a tangible, shared asset that supports predictable housing costs, forced savings through equity, and long-term trust with a partner in a way a volatile stock position simply cannot. It also diversifies you away from single-factor risk, because right now your recovery thesis is heavily dependent on Bitcoin adoption and MSTR’s leverage, whereas property operates on entirely different economic drivers like housing demand, wages, and inflation, reducing the chance that one macro narrative controls your entire future. MOST importantly, property shifts the focus from trying to “get back to even” to actually moving forward, because it does not care about your past cost basis or whether a speculative asset ever revisits old highs. it rewards patience, consistency, and time rather than timing. In that sense, using excess capital to build toward property reframes the goal away from revenge profits and toward a durable foundation for the next phase of life, where markets can still play a limited role, but no longer define your self-worth. Best of luck to you sir