Week 26 of My $50 a Day Strategy Journey Hitting 25 Shares and Reaching Calm Confidence
- Silivere Bakomeza
- 8 hours ago
- 3 min read
The Journey So Far
This post is part of my ongoing 20 year $50 a day investing series in Strategy (MSTR).
Each week I document the streak, the share growth, the portfolio value, and the discipline behind the system.
You can read last week’s update here: Week 25 of My Strategy Journey Tested Confidence and Built Stronger Conviction.
Six Months In Calm Confidence Not Excitement
Half a year in. 250 business days of buying. Twenty-five shares locked.
I thought hitting 25 shares would feel like fireworks.
It didn’t.
It felt calm, almost quiet.
That’s the difference between excitement and conviction.
Excitement fades. Conviction compounds.
On October 14, I sat in my living room watching Shameless when the app confirmed it, 25 shares.
No celebration. No spike of adrenaline. Just relief and validation that the system works.
The Journey from 10 to 25 Shares Was a Mental Battle
Between share 10 and 25 came some of the hardest psychological weeks of this challenge.
Red weeks. Sharp drops. Moments when discipline had to override emotion.
But somewhere along the way, buying stopped being a decision and became a reflex.
Automation turned discipline into muscle memory.
Now, even when prices drop hard, I don’t flinch.
My $50 buy executes automatically, proof that consistency outperforms emotion.
What 25 Shares Really Mean
These aren’t just 25 shares.
They are 25 acts of trust in the future.
25 days turned into weeks turned into months of doing the right thing when no one was watching.
I have never held an investment this long in my life.
That alone is a milestone.
This moment isn’t about money. It’s about identity.
It’s proof that I have become the type of person who can stay consistent even when nothing feels exciting.
The Lesson from the Six-Month Mark
Wealth isn’t a sprint of emotion. It is a marathon of boredom.
And boredom is good because it means the system is working.
I check the portfolio once a day only to confirm the auto buy executed.
No thrill, no panic, no scrolling for confirmation.
That is freedom.
The Next Psychological Checkpoint
From 25 to 50 shares is a 100 percent jump, and I am not rushing it.
Momentum is already built into the habit.
Every $50 buy is a receipt of ownership.
Each one moves me closer to freedom.
This journey taught me that wealth isn’t about numbers. It’s about who you become in the process.
Proof That Consistency Beats Complexity
Even after six months of seeing the portfolio bleed red, I learned that the market is a mind game, not a math test.
When the price drops, the system keeps buying.
When emotion rises, automation keeps me calm.
Discipline and identity beat ego and timing.
Every dip today is profit tomorrow because I am collecting cheap inventory for the next bull cycles.
For New Readers Start Where I Did
Don’t wait for the perfect moment. It doesn’t exist.
Start small. Automate it. Let time and conviction do the work.
Every click is a contract with your future self.
Final Reflection
This week didn’t bring excitement. It brought validation.
It proved that wealth is a behavior before it’s a balance.
The first 25 shares showed me that I can build through chaos, stay calm through noise, and trust a system I designed to outlast me.
Six months down, 19.5 years to go.
But the foundation is set, and that’s what matters.
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This journey is for the underdogs and 9 to 5 workers who are told wealth is out of reach.
It is not about timing the market. It is about proving that discipline beats emotion.
Every $50 buy is a receipt of ownership, a brick in the foundation of long-term wealth.
If you want to follow along, subscribe to my weekly updates and join me as I build this position one share at a time.