My Story during the Covid-19 Market Crash

During March of 2020, the stock market crashed when the whole economy basically shut down due to Covid-19. One of my friend saw this comming and told me to sell everything and buy back in later, but I didn't listen. My profolio was down about 30% to 40%, I did not panic sell. Instead, I begin to buy a little by little everytime the market/stocks drops by more than 5% to 10%, during this time, I have to say it has been hard both emotionally and financially, when I saw the stock market keep crashing day after day with no signs of recovery. However, when the feds  stepped in to help by lowering interest rates and  buying bonds, the market showed signs of recovery, thus feels like two heavy block of stones have been lifted off my shoulder seeing signs of market recovery and hope was the best feeling at the time. The market eventually did recovered and it even hits all times high, my friend that told me to sell everything, well he never brought back in the market. My profolio was up  between 50% to 114%, which is the highest it has been. The lessons I learn during this market crash from Covid-19 is that you can never time the market, no one know where the bottom is, and the best time to buy stock is when it crash. Instead of listening to my friend by selling the stocks I  loved and believe in, why not buy more?. So during this years the feds announced they gonna raise interest rates and cut back on spending to combat inflation, and with the spread of new variants like the omicron and deltacron, as we can see the market is having a huge sell off, I will be buying the dips. I know I will be in a short term pain while the market is crashing, but I'm in it for the long term gains and that's all it matters. I suggest everyone should also buy the dips on good company they love. This is truly the time where transfer of wealth begins.