This is what I did as well early on. I also went in several grand initially over the first year. Oof. Lol. But I loaded up on the down times a bit as well, always powered up, and never took any out.
Although now I’ve decided to take whatever liquid hive and hbd I earn for the next several months, to put into splinterlands assets.
Not a bad idea to go into SL at the moment. I really hope Chaos Legion is a hit :)
When Hive is 5+, you won't worry much about what you have spent on it in the past :)
I luckily held a small amount of assets from early on…most of which was gifted. So it’s at least a nice head start. But I do think I’m going to make a strong push to beef up assets there. I finally see the light! Lol