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wrote:

For full time cruisers, I have to ask; are you passionate about it?
Do you ever think that you are wasting time that you could be using
to
do something special? How do you justify your existence considering
that cruising is mostly about self gratification. My questions are
not
directed at retirees who have made their contribution to society but
to
younger cruisers. Is there some way in which you feel that your
lifestyle is of benefit to others? Are these questions the result of
to much tequila?

My wife and I took a year and a half off in our thirties to go
cruising. It never crossed my mind that I was wasting time. When you
consider that probably the majority of what people produce in their
jobs is basically just fleeting entertainment for others, and not true
necessities, dropping out to go cruising doesn't seem like such a
waste. Who is "contributing" more to the world: the cruiser who is
experiencing an adventure and really enjoying life, or the person who
grinds away in a cubicle coding a video game that will be completely
forgotten 3 years from now?

Andy