Rethinking this point a bit further..
How about Peter GETTING his wish of 'doing nothing' - his bills would somehow be paid, for example by the 'disability' idea I had, or something else. Perhaps he could find a community that can live off-the-grid (or he can just establish that kind of lifestyle), so he doesn't HAVE to be tied to money.
He could spend a long time in meditation, contemplation, relaxation, just sitting and doing nothing, until he starts to realize, THAT is not the key to happiness.
Simply removing annoying, exhausting busywork and hellish corporate office life from his life is not enough. Simply removing BAD stuff from his life is not enough - he has to add GOOD stuff.
So he starts learning more about not only 'being in the moment', admiring the nature, and so on, he starts to realize that computers are not bad per se, they're just used for boring stuff at work, and he can use them for entertainment instead.
He can also start learning his own creativity, maybe painting at first, then starting to make sound effects, composing music, creating animations and all kinds of things, until soon his life is just as busy and full as it ever was, but this time, he's enjoying every moment of it, as this time, he CHOSE all those 'busy things' in his life.
He could start taking trips to faraway places, learning of ancient and modern cultures and lifestyles, viewpoints to existence, different ways of thinking about life and everything, until he would eventually become enlightened and he would be able to naturally go back to 'doing nothing', but this time, every second would be euphoric bliss, until he leaves this world (and even afterwards).
Of course at some point he would be come a spiritual teacher, but not like the charlatans we usually see in movies and even in real life, he could teach Kung-Fu from the spiritual viewpoint and Tai Chi and Qigong as well, and after pondering about the 'meaning of all existence',.. meh, crappy idea, that.
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