Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life

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Never Retire: Our Excitement Around Moving To Spain Has Evolved
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Never Retire: Our Excitement Around Moving To Spain Has Evolved

Another upside to planning ahead

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Rocco Pendola
Dec 22, 2024
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I covered the upside to having a two-year plan in our last two installments—

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Today, with the move just 11 days away, another benefit of giving yourself more than enough time to prepare for such a big and meaningful life change.

But first—

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On January 2, we fly to Barcelona. We will spend most of the long weekend there. On January 6, we take the train to Valencia. On January 7, we apply for our residence permit. Then, we wait. Upon approval, we will open bank accounts and find an apartment. Then, we will conduct several other bureaucratic and administrative tasks.

Of course, I’ll detail them all as they happen. At the same time as doing my creative damnedest to bring to life my experience of living life—on the ground—in Spain.

The day to day. The seemingly mundane. The euphoria. The excitement. The struggles. The challenges. Assessments of what we thought it was going to be like compared to what it’s really like.

All while keeping it real, raw and personal.

It has been more than two years since we decided to move to Spain. We have spent most of that time in the planning process.

As I wrote in yesterday’s installment—

I also feel like we have already lived the so-called honeymoon period and will hit the ground running (and living) right away in Spain. This is something I will cover in tomorrow's installment.

So, let’s do it.

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