Traveled the world for a year and a half, then started contracting remotely while remaining abroad, making more money than I was before in NYC (I wasn't working

Traveled the world for a year and a half, then started contracting remotely while remaining abroad, making more money than I was before in NYC (I wasn't working at a FAANG type company though). Zero regrets, life is too short to be miserable, and people severely overestimate the repercussions of quitting one's job and difficult of finding employment again. Although NYC is fun to visit from time to time, I don't miss living there one bit. And nowhere else in the U.S really appealed to me as someone who actually likes cities, though who knows maybe that would change when I start a family. Spent this year living in South/Central America and Europe, and currently in Rome of all places. Not my ideal city, but been seeing a girl here and want to see where it goes. Financially, lucked out on going all in on crypto a year ago at some friends' advice. That being said I still wouldn't consider myself FIRE. I would have millions had I not sold my altcoins a month or two too early against my friends' wishes (who's now definitely FIRE). I might've been better off focusing more on crypto and less on my day job, but can't blame anyone but myself, and it takes some real cajones to hold for a year and not sell even after 5-10xing. Once this contract ends though, I'll definitely be doing something in the crypto space.