The word HODL, comes from misspelling, has taken root in Bitcoin. This HODL refers not only to holding Bitcoin for the long term but also to having confidence and faith in any adverse situation in the market. I think that in the case of Bitcoin, there is no chance of profiting by holding it for the short term. Those who can hold it for the long term will be ahead in implementing their goals. Those who invest in the short term get scared in any situation, and sometimes some even sell Bitcoin unfortunately. Those who can believe in holding Bitcoin do not have to be scared in such situations. Those who believe in holding it for the long term are the ones who succeed in holding Bitcoin.

For me, hodling means keeping your bitcoin until you really need and then selling, but only as little as possible.

Also, since I got into bitcoin, I always had some imaginary bitcoin pirce that I was sure will make me sell everything that I have, but every time we reach that level (10k, 50k, 100k etc), I sold only a fraction of it, and so far it proved to be a winning tactic.

Regarding hodling bitcoin forever, I see no point of it because bitcoin is money, and what's the point of money if you don't use it?

  It's not to hold forever but to hold until you are satisfied with the reward you are getting at the end. You can also hold till your "forever" Which is till you die and you can pass it to your child or grandchildren. Bitcoin is an asset that increases in value regularly and the reason why the "HOLD" Word was established was because of an investor who was trying to encourage other investors to hold their Bitcoin so early because he believes that if they hold for a longer time, they will be more profit for them. The "Hodl' word didn't say investors should hold forever.

The primary purpose of every investment is to get profit that we can use to improve our living standard. Hodling Bitcoin is good for long term but not forever because the profit will be of no use if we are getting it in our 60s or 70s. I also see no harm in selling some of your Bitcoins when we need funds because that's what we are investing for. Sell some of your Bitcoins to generate necessary funds rather then going to Banks for loan. Moreover life is short and we don't know when we breath our last, so it's better to plan our hodling strategy accordingly.  

Honestly, mate you shouldn’t be asking for one’s exceptions. We all say we should all keep hodling because we know the power or potential of bitcoin. But if there are any exceptions to be made, it should be decided by YOU because you are the only one who would know what’s the best for you and what your current situation is. If there are any special cases, that’s for you to find out and not for us to advise or recommend.

You don't need to hodl your bitcoin forever. The goal is just to hodl and make a better profit from bitcoin.  If you need to hodl your bitcoin forever that means their is no need to hodl bitcoin. As you hodl bitcoin their is always time to take profit but the target is always to make good profit in hoding and this may take sometimes , but it is not as if one has to hodl their bitcoin forever.Their is a reason for hoding bitcoin and this is just the essence of hodling , we don't hodl just for hoding sake but to make profit on a long run, the profit must be massive at the end of it.

Let's assume that the price of bitcoin will grow forever still it is not enough to keep holding it forever without selling it (fraction/portion). We may need money and if we have bitcoin then sell it, not to use the money that we have for our need is pointless in my opinion. So I will sell if I need and I am not holding a big pile to say that I only sell the portions but I will try to keep my spending as low as possible because I know the value will be higher over the time and also I will try to accumulate the sold coins when I have money.

Well... it's really a very personal question. There's no "recipe" that is faithfully followed, since everyone adds their own flavor (needs). Therefore, sometimes it's an introspective question. Anyway, what is clear to me is that forever only exists if you lose your seeds.  

this is one way but when people say keep hodling it just means you don’t look or touch at your bitcoins until you are absolutely ready to take it not to re-buy but to spend

we have different strategies some people buy and sell (not really trading) but some people also just hold for a long time so that they don’t have to think of too much worries and just keep holding

Everyone's perspective ultimately differs when it comes to holding, because ultimately everyone is in the same situation in terms of the long term, but their goals and how they will achieve them will obviously differ, because not everyone intends to stay in Bitcoin forever, even if they are holding for the long term in this case.

I'll only refer to myself in this context, where my goal is not only to support myself financially (through Bitcoin investments) but also to achieve specific time-sensitive objectives. When that timeframe is met and aligns with my targets (in terms of both time and value), I will consider several options moving forward, such as exiting entirely or partially. In this case, I will certainly weigh various considerations for the next steps.

This is a reasonable condition for me, although others may disagree or have different conditions than what I aim to do. This clearly depends on each person's perspective, as everyone's goals and how they view holding are not the same.