You can actually do both, futhermore you can invest, trade, hold and study at the same time 
Just make your priorities well
That is definitly correct becasue you cannot go to invest in bitcoin if you don't have education as well. But we cannot say in that way also because their are successful who doesn't have education as well but it is different in bitcoin because in bitcoin their are steps to go through. Investing in something without investing in knowledge is nothing, I can say that investing in education is the best among all investment Just make your priorities well