Currently I have a VERY simple life in Turkey (my legs do not allow me to do excessive things)
In Hungary we lived very comfortably in a massive property in a village (good, very good), however my wife (at the end in Hungary) was doing all the work.
Garden, pond, animals, insects and the house is really much.
We now live in apartment (close to Alanya), no insects, but shopping, restaurants, .. Many good things I have to admit, still I miss the vast property in Hungary (much smaller now).
My normal day, I am a very early riser (3.00/4.00 AM Turkish time) looking at emails, going to toilet, playing a computer game (Rise of Nations (Throne version))
Of course I also look at news around 6.00 AM and brief my wife on this (with coffee)
I take my whisky cola (50/50) talk a little bit on the news (special focus on earthquakes) at around 8.30 AM
My wife is sitting on the terrace, looking at the sea and knitting, for me just looking at news, play chess or strategy games
At around 11.00 I have a small nap and often we go either to a restaurant or my wife cooks (very good by the way)
If at home with Netflix, if a restaurant, just talk, look, ...
At around 17.00 Netflix for an hour or so and at 18.30 (latest) i read until 20.00 latest (sleeping)
The duties for me, clean the dishwasher, dealing with bureaucracy, but honestly I work 1 hour maximum per day. My wife I think 4 hours.
Still it is more like a very very extendend holiday.
Whereas I hated the stress and HR issues in my prior job, I still miss activity from time to time.
What is good or not good I do not know (I am 61), getting older is difficult is my view (job or not)
What is important health and finances (even if many people state money is not important)
I have to state for ME, living in Hungary was perfectly fine, OK some shopping, some bureaucracy (especially for my company), driving my wife to Heviz Lakem walking from time to time, BUT nasty neighbours, insects, ....
We made a choice for us to make a boring life (without (garden, animals, big house, nasty neighbours, ...)
Good and my wife go to Russian church (in Turkey!!) quite regularly, always to the market every saturday (I think i did not mention, in Turkey wool is good and cheap, in Hungary not so)
Everywhere pluses and minuses.