# rethink (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rethink. Page: Feed: --- ## [What If Your Next Chapter Is Built From Everything You Already Know?](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/what-if-your-next-chapter-is-built) _2026-08-14 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ Come join our webinar with Lynn Lavender ## [How Do We Keep Living When We Know We Don’t Have Forever?](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/how-do-we-keep-living-when-we-know) _2026-08-11 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ A dear friend died this weekend. ## [There Really Should Be a Retirement 101](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/there-really-should-be-a-retirement) _2026-08-10 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ I had such fun talking with Jim and Marilyn Riley for my latest On the Brink with Andi Simon podcast. ## [High Effort, Low Reward](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/high-effort-low-reward) _2026-08-05 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ An honest look at one of my least favorite pastimes ## [What a Super Bowl Champion and a Surgeon Taught Me About Retirement](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/what-a-super-bowl-champion-and-a) _2026-08-04 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ They never did retire! ## [Books I Can't Shut Up About](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/books-i-cant-shut-up-about) _2026-07-31 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ 3 Conversation-starting books to bring on vacation ## [Community Doesn’t Make Friends. People Do.](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/community-doesnt-make-friends-people) _2026-07-29 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ Finding new friends after you leave the workplace needs a plan! ## [You Can’t Make an Old Friend](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/you-cant-make-an-old-friend) _2026-07-26 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ A few weeks ago I read an article that has stayed with me. ## [Here’s a Conversation I Can’t Stop Thinking About](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/heres-a-conversation-i-cant-stop) _2026-07-23 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ A conversation has been sitting with me for days. ## [The Joy—and the Fear—of Freedom](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/the-joyand-the-fearof-freedom) _2026-07-17 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ When people ask me what retirement is like, I often hear the same answers. ## [World's cheapest GPUs, deployed fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Y0KQ2CCm9232) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy a live GPU-backed API in minutes for under $10 ## [Is Your Organization Ready for the Retirement Tsunami?](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/the-retirement-tsunami-has-two-victims) _2026-07-17 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ Over the past several months, I’ve been speaking and writing about what I call the retirement tsunami. Millions of Baby Boomers are leaving the workforce, and the conversation almost always begins with the individual. ## [The Retirement Tsunami Is Already Here](https://rethinkretirement.substack.com/p/the-retirement-tsunami-is-already) _2026-07-15 · Andrea Simon · Rethink Retirement_ When I joined John Ray on Business RadioX recently, we explored a subject that deserves far more attention than it receives. ## [Ep 9: Practical tips for building better committees and volunteerism in your town with Nate Bernitz](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/ep-9-practical-tips-for-building) _2026-07-14 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Welcome to a special episode of the RETHINK LOCAL podcast. ## [The Courage to be Creative](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/the-courage-to-be-creative) _2026-07-08 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ Why—and how—to break free from briefs ## [Podcast: Five easy ways to regain attention and agency amidst growing tech dependence](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/podcast-five-easy-ways-to-regain) _2026-06-16 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ After meeting Beth Malow at a Vermont Town and City Management Association Braver Angel’s workshop last month, we not only brainstormed some ways for me to get more involved with Braver Angels, but talked a lot about how people engage with what’s around them (Beth is a neurologist after all). ## [Five ways to reset your relationship with your smart devices](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/five-ways-to-reset-your-relationship) _2026-06-12 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ This week, I wrote a guest post on the the Together Across Differences Substack on device dependency and reclaiming agency ## [Congrats to Waterville Valley, NH's new Town Manager, Ed Mullen](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/congrats-to-waterville-valley-nhs) _2026-06-08 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ A belated congratulations to Ed Mullen, the new Town Manager in Waterville Valley, NH who is just about 30 days into the job and already doing awesome work for the community! ## [Walking in Darwin’s Footsteps](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/walking-in-darwins-footsteps) _2026-06-03 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ A case for taking yourself on a field trip ## [The Pigeon in the Greenhouse](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/the-pigeon-in-the-greenhouse) _2026-05-11 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ Why starting over isn’t an option ## [How to slow down your thoughts](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-how-to-slow-down-your-thoughts) _2026-04-13 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ The power of a thinking path ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FohMyfPZZa0c) _2026-04-13 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Rethink: The lost art of not knowing](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-the-lost-art-of-not-knowing) _2026-03-16 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ What to do when you don't know what to do ## [Ep 8: Five things we are missing in the discussion about local government public records](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/ep-8-five-things-we-are-missing-in) _2026-03-12 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Today I want to talk about public records requests — not from an abstract legal perspective, but from the ground level of actually working in towns across Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. ## [Rethink: What parts of being human depend on forgetting?](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-what-parts-of-being-human-depend-on-forgetting) _2026-03-02 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ Five ideas worth thinking about ## [Rethink: What makes shared understanding possible?](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/rethink-what-makes-shared-understanding) _2026-02-16 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ Dear Rethinkers, ## ["If you need to know everything, you're not trusting"](https://rachelbotsman.substack.com/p/if-you-need-to-know-everything-youre) _2026-02-04 · Rachel Botsman · Rethink with Rachel_ A conversation with Esther Perel [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186103341/0d42b0330f2167fa79168c2ecde3cf2b.mp3) ## [Rethink Local and Alex hired as Interim Municipal Manager in Rockingham and Bellows Falls Vermont](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/rethink-local-and-alex-hired-as-interim) _2026-02-02 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ The Rockingham Selectboard and Bellows Falls Trustees unanimously approved a three day per week three-month contract with Rethink Local for Alex Torpey to serve as Municipal Manager. ## [Episode 7: The high stakes of land use and zoning](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/podcast-episode-7-the-high-stakes) _2025-07-31 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Episode 7 of the "Rethink Local" podcast (formerly Upper Valley Vibes) explores some important themes around housing ## [Rethink Local working with Randolph, VT!](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/rethink-local-working-with-randolph) _2025-07-24 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ In a new partnership through Rethink Local, I'm serving as Director of Planning, Zoning, and Regional Partnerships on a part-time, multi-year contract with the Town of Randolph ## [Working with VLCT and Hartford, VT](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/working-with-vlct-and-hartford-vt) _2025-07-02 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Taking a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to future work as a Board can net big benefits ## [Episode 6: Community Nursing in the Upper Valley](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/community-nursing-in-the-upper-valley) _2025-05-16 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Join us over on the Upper Valley Vibes podcast to talk about healthcare, trust, relationships, rural community, and more through conversations with four tremendous nurses, including: ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0ZBwNxcAh6KR) _2025-05-16 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Leadership lessons from Ted Lasso](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/leadership-lessons-from-ted-lasso) _2025-02-22 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Over the last 15 years I’ve worked on projects and touched “leadership” from a few different perspectives, as a student, then professor, as a mayor, then as a mentor helping others run for office, as a town manager, and just generally a person in the world wondering what’s happening in our politics and our communities that so often leads to spoiled trust and poor outcomes and how we can do better. ## [Rethink Local launches New England Municipal Managers email group](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/rethink-local-launches-new-england) _2025-01-16 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ The free Google group for municipal managers in New Hampshire and Vermont will help provide collaboration and connection ## [Alex on the City Manager Unfiltered podcast discussing unique shared services in CT](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/alex-on-the-city-manager-unfiltered) _2025-01-02 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Alex joins Joe Turner on his City Manager Unfiltered podcast about the unique shared town administrator recruitment w/ three small towns & a regional entity that he's working on at the Collins Center ## [Upper Valley Vibes Episode 5: "I voted!" Now what?](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/i-voted-now-what) _2024-12-12 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Last month, millions of people turned out to vote in the 2024 elections. Here are five ways to have an even greater impact around us, for all time/skill levels. ## [Upper Valley Vibes Episode 4: Education, civility, critical thinking, civil disobedience with Greg Prince of Norwich, VT](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/upper-valley-vibes-episode-4-education) _2024-11-22 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ In this episode of Upper Valley Vibes we took another visit to Norwich over the summer where I sit down with Greg Prince. ## [Rethinking Episode 34 - The Allure of Ted Lasso](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/rethinking-episode-34-the-allure) _2024-11-07 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Why is Ted Lasso just so darn compelling for so many people? ## [Upper Valley Vibes Ep 3 with the Raymond Voter Information Project discussing Town Meeting, civic engagement and community trust](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/upper-valley-vibes-ep-3-with-the) _2024-10-13 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Hi everyone, Alex Torpey here, your host of Upper Valley Vibes. ## [Rethinking Repost: Five Minute Book Review - The Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/rethinking-repost-five-minute-book) _2024-10-02 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ In this month’s Five Minute Book Review, I give a strong recommendation for Aldo Leopold’s The Sand County Almanac. ## [A few quick hits from ICMA 2024](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/a-few-quick-hits-from-icma-2024) _2024-10-01 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ This past week, the International City/County Management Association hosted their annual conference, which took place in Pittsburgh, PA. ## [Ep #28: Using AIM to reflect on always-on tech and social norms](https://alextorpey.substack.com/p/ep-28-using-aim-to-reflect-on-always) _2024-09-20 · Alex Torpey · Alex Torpey's substack_ Callback to one of my favorite posts