I'm ready to leave my job as it's steadily becoming more and more stressful after many years there. I have enough money to live and not work and would like to stay in Thailand. I am not yet 50, so am not eligible for a retirement visa yet.
In normal times, I'd probably be happy to do a bit of international travel using Thailand as a base, using tourist visas. Clearly this is not an option during the pandemic, and I'd like to avoid leaving and coming back.
I've asked agents and schools about options. The "NGO" visa is possible, but sounds a bit dodgy. And when I talked to schools, their ED visa was basically the same kind of thing. If I don't leave the country and come back in, it's a dodgy visa with an unnamed school upcountry, not with the actual language school. These options are possible, but I'd be worried about future implications if they're not completely legit.
I could try the Covid extension, but that also has issues as I have been reading.
Perhaps the most obvious solution would be to stay at my job for at least six more months until hopefully travel will be easier. But I'd really prefer to quite in the next couple of months if there's an easy option. And I would like to spend a while without working at all, so I will not be looking for alternative employment.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Are these NGO visas a good way to go or is it best to try to avoid this route? Thanks for your help.