From Pizza to Purpose: How Bitcoin Changed My Path

It started as a joke.

I sent my friend a few bucks’ worth of Bitcoin over the Lightning Network to split the bill on a pizza.
The next morning, he texted me:

“Bro… that BTC is already up 3%. This stuff is wild.”

I shrugged it off. “It’s just internet money, right?”

But curiosity got the better of me. I looked at the price history. I fell into a rabbit hole. I started asking real questions for the first time:

• Why does money lose value?

• Who decides how much gets printed?

• Why do people in some countries get punished for saving?

And then came the question that broke my mental dam:

If I work harder and save more… why do I feel poorer?

The Pizza Effect

That first Bitcoin transaction—maybe $12 worth—changed my life more than any paycheck ever did.

I didn’t suddenly get rich.
But I started thinking differently.

I stopped measuring wealth in fiat.
I stopped trusting headlines.
I stopped hoping someone would fix things.

That tiny sliver of BTC gave me something I’d never had before:
a sense of control.

Bitcoin Showed Me the System Isn’t Broken—It’s Working Exactly As Designed

I used to think the system was just inefficient. That it needed tweaks. Maybe better policies or more “fair” leadership.

But then I learned about inflation.
I saw how fiat money rewards spending and debt…
…while Bitcoin rewards saving and time.

I realized:
Fiat isn’t flawed by accident. It’s exploitative by design.

The rich get first access to new money (via asset inflation).
The poor get devalued savings and higher grocery bills.

It’s a wealth vacuum—hidden behind smiling central bankers and booming stock markets.

Once I saw this clearly, I couldn’t unsee it. And I didn’t want to participate in it anymore.

Bitcoin Gave Me Purpose

Not in a religious way.
In a real-world, day-to-day purpose.

I started stacking. Learning. Educating others.
I helped my mom set up her first wallet.
I talked to friends overseas who were using Bitcoin to escape 30% inflation.

I watched people in Argentina, Nigeria, and Lebanon use Bitcoin as more than an investment. They used it as survival.
Chainalysis Crypto Adoption Index confirmed what I saw:
Bitcoin adoption is highest where fiat pain is greatest.

This gave my stacking purpose.
It wasn’t just for “number go up.”
It was about opting out of a system that punished savers, parents, workers, and dreamers.

My Portfolio Didn’t Change Overnight—But I Did

I didn’t become a millionaire. But I became more intentional.
I started thinking in decades, not weeks.
I stopped reacting to every dip with fear and started seeing volatility as noise.

I started planning differently:

• Prioritizing cash flow and BTC over consumer upgrades.

• Building savings instead of buying liabilities.

• Choosing sovereignty over convenience.

I wasn’t just “investing.”
I was changing who I was—one sat at a time.

From Pizza to Purpose

That pizza was cheap.
But the mindset it sparked? Priceless.

If you’re just getting started with Bitcoin, don’t worry about being “late.”
You’re early in the only timeline that matters—your own.

Start with $10. Start with a podcast. Start with curiosity.
But start.
Because the moment you begin your journey, your mind will never be the same.

Shout out to BullishBTC.com — Helping people transform their mindset, one sat and one story at a time.