Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.
People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right.
Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.