From Valencia, Spain: Acceptance (Of Your Situation)
Today’s newsletter comes to you from Valencia, Spain, the second stop on my partner and I’s month-long trip through five Spanish and Italian cities.
This is post #3 of 20 for the month of February.
Each post includes:
Photography from the cities we visit.
Thoughts, observations, highlights from the cities we visit.
A breakdown of what we spent each day to compare the cost of living in Spain and Italy to the United States and elsewhere.
A Never Retire checklist item. A total of 20 practical money/work/life-related boxes you need to check to live the semi-retired life you wanna live now and for the duration.
See post #1—From Barcelona, Spain: Assessment (Of Your Situation)
See post#2—From Barcelona To Valencia: Acknowledgement (Of Your Situation)
In March, I’ll do 20 posts in 31 days, meticulously detailing each of the 20 items.
Today’s Never Retire checklist item: Acceptance.
In the first two posts of the month, we introduced assessment and acknowledgement of your situation. In March, we cover them in detail followed by today’s Never Retire checklist item—acceptance of your situation.
Acceptance isn’t merely shrugging your shoulders, going bitter into the world, and lamenting to others that “I’ll Never Retire.” It’s about embracing your reality.
Because the B-side that became a bigger hit on the Never Retire single (or ‘45 for those of you in Gen X and beyond) is the semi-retired life. Maybe I picked the wrong name for the newsletter.
Once you embrace your reality, Never Retire means semi-retired. This can make for a great life. One far more fun, vibrant, and rewarding that the rat race to and through traditional retirement.
Post #3 in March focuses on step #3—Acceptance. Embracing your reality.
Now the fun stuff - photography, thoughts, observations and highlights from Valencia, along with what we have spent on the trip so far, with a rough comparison of what it would have cost us in the United States.
Valencia is an interesting place. It’s clearly going through a bit of a transformation with, dare I say, a meaningful degree of American and a larger dose of digital nomad influence.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. As we move through the places Melisse and I have visited thus far, I’ll tell you what I mean.
