I quit my great first job because I wanted to move to a new country. My plan was to not work at all (my partner would support me). Then the lockdown started. I

I quit my great first job because I wanted to move to a new country. My plan was to not work at all (my partner would support me). Then the lockdown started. I realized it might not be a good time to not work, so I applied to a bunch of remote websites (Toptal, Upwork and others) and after 2 months I had a full-time remote position. That year I earned a bit less, living in a high life-standard country than I did at my first job. Figured out remote work sucks and most companies aren't as great as my first job. Also, figured that it's hard to find meaningful programming work. Work that pays seem to be mobile apps and the teams are much less experienced that the one from my first job. No idea how to get back to something that pays more but on-site (no one can match remote US/UK salaries). I would say it was a mistake. Probably wouldn't be if the pandemic did not start. Wasted 18 months earning money doing silly work and not showing my full potential.