He is a neurosurgeon in the USA no less who has become disillusioned and/or burnt out and has decided to take a break from doing what he's been doing for the last 20 years of his life (he has never said he has quit medicine for good - please correct me if I'm wrong)

He is the top 1% of the 1%. He has, for all intents and purposes, won the rat race and earned his freedom

Remember that when you're lying flat