I guess it's not that hard to be able to maintain bitcoin for a long period especially of you know for sure that it's value will grow exponentially over time . It's like making an investment with 0 efforts , all you need to do is just wait and your funds will grow by themselves . Bitcoin is the currency of the future and sooner or later people will regret not onvesting in it .
Its not that hard to hold it. I also hold my coins for a year now If i can do it a few years i can make a good profit out of it. You can hold your coins but when you need money.
Then you must use bitcoin for that because we simply need money for things sometimes for school etc.