Hi, I've been traveling for about 15 years and a lot of US Americans are justifiably upset to be living in their country right now.
If you have a remote job that pays over $500 USD a month, there are dozens of other countries you can be living in. If you make closer to $1000 USD a month remotely, the world is wide open.
If you don't have a remote job yet, teaching English on or offline pays at least $1600 a month for 25 hours of work a week.
You can use the extra time and money to figure out how to get closer to your dream job, dream country or chill out and watch movies or play video games.
You can also access health care, education or other basic civil amenities that may be unaffordable or inaccessible in the US, if those are a concern.
Plane tickets Sep. 2025 from the US:
Canada: $16 Colombia: $46 Panama $96 Ireland, Germany, Norway, Italy: $147-149 Japan: $209 Thailand: $221 Vietnam: $267 Taiwan; $272
Stay out of the US 11 out of 12 months(calendar year, not tax year) and you don't pay federal income tax that year.
Let me know if you have any questions.
If you save up $150k, then you can more or less sustain a lifestyle of $500/month from a relatively stable 4% rate of return investment.
You got that right, that's exactly what I recommend.
Teach English in a low cost of living country(or several), save your paychecks for a few years, stop working unless you want to.
Thailand even has a 10 year duration retirement visa where you qualify for it by being over 50 and having ~$100k deposited in a Thai bank, or ~$50k in the bank with ~$40k yearly income https://consular.mfa.go.th/th/content/80939-non-%E2%80%93-immigrant-visa-%E2%80%9Co-x%E2%80%9D-(long-stay-10-years)?page=5d68c88b15e39c160c0081e5&menu=5d68c88b15e39c160c0081e6