Take heart: Grandson #1 was a total couch potato until he began to earn a living. Now he’s a dynamo whose strategizing would make Tsun Tzu proud. Getting smacked in the face with the cold, hard reality that the rest of the world isn’t waiting for you with baited breath is an effective stimulant.
Anoreth was a real slug - “Princess Petunia” - until she joined the Coast Guard. I wish Bill would sign up, too!