I never planned to be anything other than "just a diver." That is more than I thought I could be. But after finishing my AOW, my husband & I just kept hanging around the pool thru the winters with our old instructor. Of course, he made us help with stuff in exchange for having a place to practice. We took continuing education for our Master Diver, Rescue, & now we are completing leadership courses.
The choice for me was this: get rusty & forget what I learned, or keep learning & mastering the things that used to trouble me. Little by little we got invested in the sport. I don't see anyone as less for wanting to dive just for fun, but for some of us the fun grows when we share with newbies. There is nothing like the first moment someone breathes underwater! Their faces are lit up all morning.:sun: