Never Retire: It’s Not a Lifestyle. It’s a System
Nothing I do stands alone. Everything feeds the next thing. That’s how I keep going.
Never Retire isn’t a lifestyle.
It’s a structure I live inside.
It’s not one thing (like working forever)—it’s everything in rhythm.
Each part supports the others. It’s how I live, how I work, how I stay well, and how I plan to keep going strong in the second half of life—for the duration.
What I’m describing is a living system, where every piece—writing, biking, urbanism, hospitality, movement, money, rhythm, aging—feeds and sustains the others.
It’s not compartmentalized. It’s integrated.
That’s what makes it different from hustle culture, self-help, or any “optimize your life” BS. I’m not into that noise. It makes me cringe.
Part of my job here is to not make you cringe—to offer Never Retire as something real. Adaptable. Something you can pull from to create your own rhythm and structure.
Doing things in isolation has never worked for me. If I don’t see the big picture—how all the moving parts connect—I lose interest. Fast.
It’s hard to have one answer to questions like:
How do you structure your day?
How do you feel about turning 50 and staying in shape through midlife?
Why do you like living in Spain so much?
What do you even write about?
I struggle to explain. Because it’s all connected.
What I’ve built with Never Retire—the way I live, work, move, and think—isn’t a set of routines or habits. It’s not “self-improvement.” And it’s definitely not optimization.
It’s a system. One that supports itself.
It’s what lets me move through the day with rhythm.
It’s how I keep earning without burning out.
It helps keep me grounded, while still giving me room to build.
Everything I do supports and flows from or to the next thing.
I ride my bike to clear my head.
→ That clears space to write.
→ That earns money.
→ That buys time and freedom.
→ That gives me room to ride again tomorrow.I live in a dense, walkable, affordable city.
→ That lets me live without a car.
→ That gives me time back.
→ That lowers my cost of living.
→ That makes working less more realistic.I write a newsletter, post videos, build Friki de Bici.
→ That connects me to people.
→ That strengthens the message.
→ That keeps the system going.
These aren’t compartments. They’re not hobbies. They’re pieces of a loop.
And the loop is the point.
Never Retire is nothing special. It’s just something I’ve shaped around how I want to live.
It’s just being able to look at the little things you do, ask yourself why you’re doing them, and decide if they connect back to a central desire.
For me, it’s to live how I want to live now—and for the duration. To Never Retire.
What I do might not work for you. That’s not the point.
The point is that I’ve built something I can manage without a ton of effort. It comes naturally. But it only came naturally after I realized that it had to be comprehensive.
Life has to be (as) loose (as possible), yet comprehensive.
A system with structure, not pressure. With rhythm, not rigidity.
One where the bike ride isn’t a break from work—it’s part of it.
Where writing doesn’t deplete me—it clarifies everything.
Where drinking isn’t sabotage—it’s part of the flow (more on that next post).
Where a vacation isn’t an escape from the day to day—it’s part of the loop, not relief from it.
Everything I do—movement, writing, relationships, personal finance, city life—is part of a connected loop. No one piece works without the others. But none of them need to be perfect either. They just have to fit.
This Is Never Retire
Never Retire isn’t about refusing to stop working.
It’s about refusing to keep working in ways that break you.
This is the system I’ve built to live—not just now, but long-term. It’s why I say I want to live to 100—and mean it.
I write about how I build a structure I can live inside—for work, money, movement, and everything else.
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