I started investing in mid-October 2021. I've never experienced any crashes of the market. Only hearing about it as a bystander and it scared me enough to never want to invest.
Here I am now experiencing my first bear market, or crash, or whatever you want to call this, and I'm heavily invested in SPY and crypto! Everything is going down... but I think the term is dollar cost averaging in. I don't think anyone can really time a market, but you can put yourself in...

I decided to go the safe route in the beginning of the year and invested in banks and commodities. I feel as those are safe plays while there is a potential interest hike to battle inflation. I kept all my other crypto and stocks although red... you never lose until you sell! Amirite :)
Here's to a successful year!