I am 35 years and UK-based close to London. My long-term goal is to FIRE or to work part-time with a SWR of 2.5%. Including property, I am 50%+ of the way to my target based on a modest budget, owning a modest house outright and having kids. My background is as a professional investor and my portfolio is invested in a medium-risk but high return manner. My hope is to generate 10%+ real rates of return or at very least 5% p.a. I have some other investment performance-related interests which I have not included which could add to my portfolio. If I just left my portfolio, I could hit my FIRE target in 5-10 years (assuming no black swan or major negative event like fraud in the portfolio).I have spent the majority of my career in investments and have made good money doing so but maybe not quite as much as some others in the industry. Right now, I make an above 6-figure cash compensation but definitely below £200k then there is annual portfolio-related compensation which may or may not pan out in 8-10 years time. I like much of the day-to-day work even if sometimes I feel like I am bit of a round peg in a square hole. My issue is with the commuting into London (~3 hours a day) and business travel. Pre-Covid, I used to travel at least 1 week in every 3 and sometimes more (including 2-week trips where I get back jet lagged on a Saturday afternoon). I like where I live and don’t want to move because of family and friends and I would prefer to travel say only once a quarter for work. Once Covid is lifted, I really don’t feel like I have it in me to start traveling and commuting again.I would like a largely remote role with some travel (or none at all) where I could go into a central office a few times a month or once a week. From what I can tell, this does not appear to be available in the investment industry but I could keep looking.MORE BELOW - since I reached the character limit!