I was having a conversation with a friend, and we talked about how difficult the economy is and how it can disrupt someone's plan to hold their bitcoins without tampering with it. I think this is true because if you think of how difficult things are getting, Salaries from jobs no longer sufficient to sort all needs, and profit from business seriously affected and made intangible because of the increasing cost of running a business and the rising cost of things.
Holding your bitcoins has a lot to do with discipline truly, but discipline is harder to practice when you are being suffocated and suffering financially with plenty bills and responsibility to respond to. People in countries with better economy, where there are good jobs and businesses are working, Bitcoins will easier hold than for people who are in places with terrible economic situation. What do you think?
Money is not always the solution to problems. If you could timelock your Bitcoin maybe for three months and also lock most of the money you earn in good investments, you could become more creative at solving problems with the little you have without compromising on good quality. If we can't do this then we know we need wisdom.
I believe people with alot of wisdom/intelligence can live comfortably with less money. 1btc in the hand of a fool is not thesame as 1btc in the hand of the wise. It takes wisdom to spend it wisely and be very contented. It will never be enough for the fool.
This is applicable if we have enough funds for our daily needs. This is actually a great idea but once we are short of funds, we cannot apply this kind of strategy. We will be forced to pull some of the savings to fill the needed daily funds until we pull 100% of our holdings. I think the best solution in this kind of event is looking for a new source of income. If the budget is enough, we can safely keep our investment intact but if the money isn't, we cannot just standbye and let our family to starve while keeping our investment intact.
Beside, if we work hard & do our job really well, even with little to no pay, we will always attract favours to ourselves, such as cheap alternatives to things we need, good quality things for free, plus our things will last for us and we will be shielded from the general bad economy. Bad economy tend to affect those who contribute to the bad economy. We reap what we sow. Better not to participate with people in contributing to bad economy, so you don't reap bad economy.
This is naive, it is rare to see things for free on a daily basis. I agree that we must work hard and do our job well, this will result in higher pay due to the quality of our works and more contacts and client that will give us enough money for our family's needs.