Our cav is getting to that stage as well. At home the only time he animates if is there is a hint that there might be food XD
The some who would say he wasted his opportunity don't have a clue what they're talking about because they're them and not other people.
Then he is very lively!
I don't like seeing wasted skills as I don't have much myself. However, to each their own.
Being able to fully utilise all skills will probably require curing aging/death as even the most gifted would have a hard time not "wasting" any given skills. And people value skills differently. Currently I'm wasting my massage therapy skills by refusing to open a clinic and focus full time on that and stupidly indulging in my worthless animation skills instead because I like telling stories so that's what I'm going to do :)
You could combine them both and be the storytelling masseuse =D
They don't combine well XD
Also I've done the running a business thing previously, really hated the actual running business part >_>