The secret - one of the secrets - is to establish yourself when young in such a field where knowledge, skill and experience compound over the years, along with your earning power, in order to amass enough capital (social, cultural, financial) that you don't fall behind, don't fall out of safety, don't feel realistically threatened by social exclusion, homelessness, hunger and so on. To become secure in all possible areas of being.

But the way I was born I just couldn't be bothered, with my one true talent being for sitting quietly, alone, doing nothing.

A young man made for sloth and decadence, growing into his role.