No one who claims this to be a small world has ever flown across the Pacific.

I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this must necessarily come to an end and that the rest of my life should be a sort of penance for all the reckless, irresponsible, and immensely fun things I’d done before.

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.