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Never Retire: Not a Smaller Life—Just a Different One
What readers from Brooklyn to South Africa are teaching me about aging well
Oct 26
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: A Quick Check-In on Where You're At
Six months, a year, five years from now—what kind of life are you building? If not now, when? If not here, where?
Oct 25
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Start Here—How I Actually Make Spain (and Midlife) Work
Money, health care, and the small day-to-day systems that make quality of life possible.
Oct 23
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Wherever You Go, There You Are—and Probably Still Complaining
Spain just happens to be the mirror. What you see there depends on what you bring with you.
Oct 22
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Waiting for Your Turn to Die—or Finding Reasons to Keep Living
A lyric from Buffalo, my dad's old diner, a café in Rome, and what they reveal about aging well abroad.
Oct 21
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Waiting for Your Turn to Die—or Finding Reasons to Keep Living
A lyric from Buffalo, my dad's old diner, a café in Rome, and what they reveal about aging well abroad.
Oct 20
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Why I Want To Grow Old in Spain
A short essay I wrote this week that captures what Never Retire is really about
Oct 18
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Building a Life Worth Working and Fighting For
What it really costs to be self-employed in Spain—and why I’m still all-in
Oct 16
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: What Day-to-Day Life Costs in Spain
A mid-month October field note on what we spend to do life abroad
Oct 15
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: The Grass IS Greener In Spain
Why the US is falling apart—America built freeways and fear; Spain built community
Oct 13
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: What Transportation—and Olive Oil—Really Costs in Spain
October field notes on movement, simplicity, and neighborhood life 🫒
Oct 9
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: What Fun, Fitness, and Free Time Really Cost in Spain
October field notes on leisure spending in Valencia
Oct 7
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Rocco Pendola
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