From what I have heard in other projects (such as the Rust project or the Linux kernel), having a shorter release cycle is actually easier:

* There is less pressure and stress to meet deadlines, if the next release after is due in a couple of months anyway. Things can be done when they are done.
* The release process itself becomes easier since it will be routine and more likely to be more automated anyway.

The rust project also has editions, which only happen every few years, and that has been considered way more stressful from what I read, and people have been floating ideas about having smaller yearly editions instead, but so far nothing has come of it.