2022’s market meltdown isn’t just doomscroll fodder. it’s a once-in-a-generation buying window. Yes, we’re knee-deep in recession talk and headlines scream “crash,” but history shows broad equities rebound ~7–8 % a year over the long haul. For anyone with a 10- to 20-year horizon, “buy the dip” isn’t a meme; it’s math. Dollar-cost average into diversified index funds (think MSCI World or S&P 500) or undervalued blue-chips, keep adding whether prices sink or surge, and let compound growth do the dirty work. Cash rots under inflation; equities eventually recover. No crystal ball, no perfect bottom… just steady, systematic buying. Control your emotions, ignore the noise, and future-you will thank present-you. Not financial advice! Just one idiot stacking shares.