It's not really hard if you're really determined to own 1 BTC. There is a lot of ways to do it and I think now is the right to really invest in bitcoin since the trend is upwards, although yes, we can say that it's better that we've bought BTC before in the early days of bitcoin when it was still priced lower than now..
Yeah, like you said: There is a lot of ways to do it. The key is be patient and believe to get 1 btc.
To get 1 btc of course requires struggle and hard work in doing business such as trading and investment as well as various other businesses that can be done by using bitcoin.