Idk how to start this off so I'm going to just go. Throughout the school year I had been making trades but haven't verified them because of lack of time and more specifically embarrassment. Most of these if not all were rushed trades due to me trading in class and non thought through. Sometimes they were thought through, but they just went against me. I didn't understand, I had all the knowledge but wasn't able to use that knowledge to make gains. Most frustrating thing in my life. So I haven't verified a trade since march and towards the end of the year I just stopped making trades completely. At that point I knew it was time for a break from trading and that this just wasn't the time for trading. I didn't give up completely though,I started watching the markets creating watchlists and seeing how my watchlists did. I did very well with this and more times than not 100% of the stocks that I commented on and made predictions on did what if not better than what I said the next day. I haven't stopped to this day. Anyways I started making trades again Maybe 3 days before the school year ended but my graduation ceremony and what not even hindered my trading a great deal. So I stopped again. And when the school year ended I started. I've seen some losses since that time, one big one (relative to my account) specifically, but I've since made that back and doubled that. And I've come to a conclusion. You can have all the knowledge in the world, have made all the mistakes in a narrow field and became an expert (Who recognizes that Niels Bohr quote lol), and/or be able to predict a stocks next move to a T, you wont do anything or be able to do anything with that skill if it's not at the right time. Since those times during the school year where I was taking blow after blow I've learned patience, and taking it a trade at a time. Not only that managing you time is heavily important. Being able to really look over the stock before you invest or short it is as important as getting a good entry in that same stock. The point of this blog post is to inform anyone that still is reading that Knowing yourself and knowing that your time and how and when you make your trades is different than every. single. other. trader. And that your time is different, so know when to trade and when not to trade. I've also given myself a goal to improve my patience. I'm not allowing myself to verify a trade until I make 9 straight trades with a profit. Sounds crazy I know, I miss verifying my trades and being transparent with my investments. I'm already 4/9 as of today so I have 5 more to go. If im patient and take it one trade at a time, with my knowledge doing this should not be a problem. I've put the restriction on myself that may just hinder my improvement as a trader not only to teach myself patience but to make it so I dont get caught up on my green trades. By doing this I make it like those trades don't even exist and I'm still trying to make my first green trade and it helps. So that's it, this was long I don't know if anyone will read all of this but I had to make it. Good luck with trading all ventures to anyone still reading.