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Never Retire: A Tour Of Our New Apartment In Spain!
We signed a contract for an apartment and received the keys on Tuesday! While the process was a bit stressful, in retrospect, it wasn’t actually all…
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Never Retire: After More Than A Month In Spain, How's It Going?
Also, after 32 straight days with a Never Retire newsletter post!
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Never Retire: The Small, But Super Important Details Of My 25-Hour Work Week
As I reread and reconsidered last week's story about my work schedule here in Spain, I concluded that it makes sense to provide what seems like minutia.
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Never Retire: We Found An Apartment in Spain... Or Did We?
It's an anxious weekend out in the streets of Valencia
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Never Retire: How My Work Schedule Has Evolved Since Moving To Spain
It's a critical element of Never Retiring and - I think - I have it on autopilot
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January 2025

Never Retire: Quality Of Life Is All Around You
An update on our apartment hunt in Valencia, Spain
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Never Retire: Trump's America Could Learn So Much From Spain, But It Won't
Spain’s transition to democracy occurred between 1975 and 1978 after the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
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Never Retire: Our First Major Disappointment In Spain
Definitely a humbling experience
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Never Retire: Snack Food In Spain And We Saw A 'Karen' Go Off In A Restaurant Here
But, mostly, a review and some food and city porn
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Never Retire: Every Detail On How I Opened A Spanish Bank Account
It was easy and efficient
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Never Retire: Every Detail On How We Found Our Apartment In Spain
Turns out that we didn't even have to go on an 'apartment hunt' and the complainers might be wrong
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Never Retire: We Took A Risk In Spain And It Worked Out Perfectly
In less than 48 hours in fact
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