Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life

Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life

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Living The Semi-Retired Life: We Have Hit 200 Paid Subscribers

Living The Semi-Retired Life: We Have Hit 200 Paid Subscribers

And thoughts on combining finances - or not - as a couple

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A few items to cover today.

First, we have hit and passed 200 paid subscribers to the Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life newsletter.

I made good on the promotion I started earlier this month on the way to 200. If you’re interested in subscribing, see the following two recent installments for a taste of what we do and plan to do going forward.

Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life
Part 16: Where We Have Been, Where We Are, Where We Are Going
Where we have been: Living, breathing thing it is, the Never Retire newsletter—my partner and I(!)—spent February dispatching from Spain and Italy. So far in March, we have expanded on the Never Retire checklist items we introduced last month. For access to everything from February and March, which includes the blow-by-blow on where and what we ate (along with food and city porn pictures!), join as or upgrade to a paid subscriber for $5/month, $50/year or choose the founding member option. A one-time tip of at least $100 and you’re set for life…
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2 years ago · 7 likes · 4 comments · Rocco Pendola
Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life
Living The Semi-Retired Life: I'd Love Your Help With Something
I had a thought the other day while walking. Today, I’m turning that thought into action as a fun little interactive perk for paid subscribers to the Never Retire: Living The Semi-Retired Life newsletter. But first, as we approach 200 paid subscribers, you still have…
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2 years ago · 8 likes · 4 comments · Rocco Pendola

The thing I requested your help with worked well.

Thanks to

Kevin Alexander
, who writes the excellent music publication,
On Repeat by Kevin Alexander
, for offering a great thought I interspersed into my most recent Medium article.

Paid subscribers to the newsletter got to read that Medium article before it hit Medium. From time to time, I will do what I describe in the above-linked installment: Put my next Medium article behind the paywall here before it hits Medium, giving you the opportunity to help shape that article by offering insights I will edit into the article before it goes live on Medium.

I came up with this idea because I consider Medium and Substack complementary platforms. Rather than pit one against the other, I prefer to take advantage of the obvious synergy between the two.

My initial experiment with previewing a Medium article and asking paid subscribers to help shape it went like this:

  • I included the article behind the Substack paywall on Friday.

  • I received insights over the weekend and picked Kevin’s to include.

  • The Medium article went live on Medium on Monday.

  • On Tuesday, Medium boosted the article. Meaning they thought it was good enough to amplify and put in front of a larger audience. So I can only assume they liked my idea.

That said, while I think I write insightful and personal content on Medium, I tend to get much more personal and deeper in the weeds on Substack (like I will today).

That said, a paid subscription here is as much about supporting my work as a freelance writer and following the journey I’m chronicling as my partner and I lay the groundwork to move to Spain in the next few years as anything else. So, again, I appreciate the support.

Speaking of my partner, I have had a few people ask me some variation of this question in recent weeks:

With the implication that, because I live with my girlfriend, we split everything.

I plan on finding a way to respond to this comment on Medium—since it came from a reader on Medium—but let me address it briefly here.

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