I find myself in a situation very similar to yours, didn't invest exactly at the peak but almost. My cards depreciated heavily in value in the beginning of the bear market but I am still not complaining about my losses. I really like Splinterlands and what they are building. I have seen many P2E games in this last bull market but none with such a solid economic foundation as splinterlands, hence I'm not worried about my investments.

people fail to measure experience as a reward when the aspect of money isn't forthcoming, however, experience is expensive

Couldn't agree more. Lost a bunch of money in 2017 in the last crypto market crash but what I learned was invaluable. That experience has compounded my current investments and is something most people do not take into account. Good that you put that into words, sometimes we consider value-less the things we learn on the way.