Staying patience when Bitcoin price is gradually going down is very hard to keep hoping for the best, there would be a time when it starts going down and your patience level will start dropping before you know it you'll start panicking. Is never easy to stay positive for the breakthrough to happen, as of last 2 months when it never left $55k going downwards, I believe many would thought it was going to hit $49-40k but it got back up to a promising amount, that's to say the market price doesn't move in a particular direction that's why we find it hard to predict it even for a week. I agree with you that buying and holding is the best thing to do because we never know when it will fall in our favor. The question is are We ready?
The movements clearly look like uncertainty, something we can't clearly predict, but looking back at the chart we can have hope that history can repeat itself with a rise that we all want, but we can't say for sure when it will happen, because it's impossible to predict, just looking back there are many arguments that tell us that the next ATH will be inevitable, only patience is key, having patience as you say is what will make us feel better, hold on for now is what I really Recommend.