How It Works (and Why It Doesn’t)

How It Works (and Why It Doesn’t)

Part Two: The Hardest Part Can Be Acknowledging Your Situation

March 4, 2023: A Step-By-Step Guide To Never Retiring And Living The Semi-Retired Life

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Rocco Pendola
Mar 04, 2023
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Picking up where we left off as mistakes and miscalculations in my twenties prompted me to assess my situation in my thirties.

A lazy dog in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter

For many people who end up Never Retiring and living the semi-retired life, very little of meaning happens in the early assessment phase of your situation.

Because we’re conditioned to do everything in our power to maintain the status quo.

The status quo has a way of maintaining itself, especially in our personal finance.

For me, it looked like this—

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