Just how do you define your hodling recommendation? Is it really forever or does it have any exceptions?
HODL is just a term to keep for the longest time. This doesn't mean you should keep it forever.
If you keep your Bitcoin forever, what use is it for you in your lifetime? So HODL is just a word to portray a determination to keep the investment. If you had held your Bitcoin for 10 years or more, you have, of course, HODL the Bitcoin. It's just a word that denotes the longer-term keeping of the coin by buying and forgetting it in the wallet for the longest period possible.