People over 20y.o., who have been doing 'nothing' or not working AT ALL for consecutive years, how do you justify it?

I remember there was a period in my life when i did nothing, and just whatever i wanted to do for 4.5 years straight. I had nothing that I had to attend to, no tasks at all besides like washing my own clothes and cooking, no responsibilities, and everything was just based around interests, playing, friends, exercising etc. Looking back on it now it was quite a weird but also very natural, feeling part of my life. It seemed very slow, but the days went past quickly though. I just didn't care about anything at all. I just threw myself to the wolves for lack of a better description. Total indulgence. For people who are living these 'doing nothing'/not working years consecutively now, how do you justify doing it? why do you do it?