[at-l] Community Spirit (Love your work!?)

[jplynch@crosslink.net (James P. Lynch)]

   It is difficult for most of us to leave home/work for 5 months for a
thru-hike.  At the bottom line, a thru-hike is a 5-month unpaid
vacation.  
   The question to ask is whether the hiker, and those who depend on
him/her, will be better off in the long term.  Or would you/they be
better of if the time and energy were spent in gaining more job-related
expertise, some additional training or training for a new career, or a
shorter vacation or sabatical.  
   Obviously very personal questions for which there are no 'pat'
answers.  But perhaps food for thought.  

Malcolm Fuller wrote:
> 
> > You are not your job.
> 
> Speak for yourself. Some people actually love their work
> and what they create by it. 
-- 
James P. Lynch
jplynch@crosslink.net