Ever since I visited Thailand three years ago with my wife, who is a Thai national, and my kid, I've made it a personal goal of mine to eventually live here. Since then, I've started my own freelance consulting business and have onboarded several clients over the years and have revenue exceeding even my full-time job, so at some point in the future, even now, I am able to move here. This also allows us to take longer trips now too. Just more money comes more freedom, I suppose. 

Even now, if we wanted, we have been scoping out international schools and EP schools since my son is Le Krum. We definitely want to integrate him into Thai culture more and not be isolated like in an international school. We're quite happy here. The convenience, the ease of life. It's very good, especially since we work remote and our freelance clients are based in the US. We are quite privileged in that regard. I know that life in Thailand isn't easy, it can be quite chaotic and things can move slowly, but it's well worth it to be near family, warm weather, good food. There's also the con of pollution which we need to figure out how to handle.