Personal Experience
I have held & traded, personal view is that the trading aspect is exciting (within reason) as it yields percentage points.
Yes, trading is exciting. In fact, nothing excites like trading. The fact that one can make money from the confines of their homes or anywhere at all should excite anyone. I think people should endeavour to learn how to trade and jettison the 8-5 mentality, if they can. Add FX Trading and Stocks to the mix and you won't find the need to look elsewhere for a source of income.
Having a risk assessed figure in mind then switching out to wait for the prolonged market decline to join back draws very few negatives from my view.
Always find a way to take partial profit whenever your investment goes into profit. Then convert some to stablecoin and leave for the days of decline to buy the dip. That's how to survive this space.