its not a good investment strategy to simply hold.
It really depends on what you're holding. Many of the most successful investors have primarily got to where they are by investing in low-risk, low-reward investments and just holding them for many years (like Warren Buffet for example).
In Bitcoin's case, it's an even better choice to just hold if you're not much of a trader, because it's extremely difficult to predict the future prices when the primary basis for recent price has been speculation rather than usage.
why didn't I hodl my bitcoins?
You need to be questioning why you bought back in as much as why you sold. Both were equally emotionally charged decisions.