I needed to get away from outlets that give me answers without expecting me to internalize them. I had two options for doing so: putting on pants and living in the Ozarks for a month, or playing Carmen Sandiego.
It's one thing to suck at your job because you're just plain incompetent. It's another because you're too busy being a lazy, greedy, conniving, corrupt asswad.
I've been preparing for retirement since I was a little boy, not by saving all my money or starting a 401(k) the second I got my first paper route, but by watching a shitload of game shows.