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?
I think seeing life as a game can be very powerful regardless of how you do it. It makes problems less overwhelming and easier to step back from, goal more sensible and achievable and helps with doing what makes you happy when you can unpack it from all the societal bullshit and seeing it as just doing what you want.