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The Connected City (and the One That Forgot How)
Two walks—one through Valencia’s living fabric, one across San Francisco’s dead spaces.
Nov 12
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire Did Its Job—Here’s What Comes Next
Why this next chapter had to happen—and what I’ll be building from here.
Nov 10
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: Living Well Shouldn’t Be a Radical Act
The U.S. is broken—and it won’t be fixed by another election.
Nov 6
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Rocco Pendola
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Never Retire: When Stability Starts to Scare You
How to stop treating peace like a jinx—and trust the life you built to keep working.
Nov 3
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Rocco Pendola
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October 2025
Never Retire: When Your Dream Becomes Your Routine
The quiet challenge of staying content when the plan actually worked.
Oct 29
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Rocco Pendola
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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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