Money should be enough if you stay away from bars and scammers, but being a driving instructor from UK , looking at people driving around in Thailand will drive you nuts๐
1) You can go home or travelling until feb and get ready for retirement. Gives you a break and looks good on your passport as not having back to back stamps.
2) or get on tourist visa 6 months METV
3) there should be some update on rollout of the new destination Thailand visa which is 6 months