I see this lifestyle as a game. Yeah I started on Level 1 with basically no money, no friends, and no real idea of what I wanted to do. I just wanted freedom. But since then I’ve got more money/options, I live a higher quality of life than I did in the US and I’ve got plenty of friends.
Now with everything I do it’s like a game for more freedom (options, quality of life, money, experiences, time). Is everyone else like this?
You can reframe literally anything like this. Whatever you need to do to keep in the game, do it.