I'm truly hoping that the fees can be brought down again somewhere near where they used to be, and hopefully the network will be able to handle more transactions at the same time as well.

I think bitcoin has become such a great store of value mainly because of it's early success as a currency.  If people stop transacting with it and just hold it altogether...I don't think that is necessarily good for bitcoin long term.

Not trying to spread FUD as I am a long term Bitcoiner...just making an observation