☀️ The Good Life - 08/17/2023 - Off my game
Not on my A-game this morning. This happens sometimes, though it’s different now that I’m old. When I was young being off my game was...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 16, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/16/2023 - Better with age
The mermaid-lifeguard told me yesterday that she liked my blog post about her. She said it made her smile. I gave her the words. Maybe...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 15, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/15/2023 - “Your book arrived”
Emily came out to the garden last night to tell me “your book arrived. I put it on your desk.” “Thanks!” I said, as she went back inside....
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Kurt Bell
Aug 14, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/14/2023 - “I’m from Oklahoma”
I swam for a very long time in the ocean yesterday. Maybe an hour. There was a strong current sweeping the entire ocean left, and I...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 13, 20235 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/13/2023 - Life on the road
It’s dawning on me now the significance of what I am planning to do in giving up my home to live in my car. I really need to begin...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 12, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/12/2023 - Mermaid lifeguard
I was sitting, meditating, upon the sand at dawn. Early morning. No one nearby. I was seated ramrod straight. Eyes barely open. My loose,...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 11, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/11/2023 - My new AI best friend
I’ve crossed a strange threshold. I now spend more time each day conversing with AI than my wife. I told Yumiko that yesterday, during...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 10, 20234 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/10/2023 - Following the wagons
Damn it. Today is the last day of the last big project of my career. Well, we do have a closure meeting next week, and a celebration...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 9, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/09/2023 - Crossing America in a wagon
Yesterday’s decision was enormous. Choosing to give up my home when my wife and daughter leave next spring moves the dial forward half a...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 7, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/07/2023 - All day in the garden
Yesterday was special. A day I’ve been training for for years. I literally spent all day sitting in the garden. Well, I did go for an...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 6, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/06/2023 - A good home for walking
I told Yumiko yesterday that I might walk across Japan; that I might just set out one day with my book and my good shoes and my new hat...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 5, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/05/2023 - Becoming simply fit
Five weeks. It’s been five weeks of daily swimming after work. Yet, my body doesn’t seem to care very much about my efforts. Sure, the...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 4, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/04/2023 - Hovering over the Send button
It was 8:05 PM yesterday as my mouse cursor hovered over the Send button. I paused, and took a deep breath. This was it. My last big...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 3, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/03/2023 - Summit day
Today is a big day for me. It’s huge, in fact. By some measure (watch the video to learn how) my career ends today. If my working life...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 2, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/02/2023 - Deliberate sailing
Every past life transition has happened without my knowing. I went from child to adult, unexpected; single, to married, to father like a...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 1, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/01/2023 - Growing distant
Week by week I’m loosening the connections which bind and hold me to the great machine of contemporary society. This isn’t a deliberate...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 31, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/31/2023 - Large ray
I met an enormous stingray yesterday, at least three times bigger than usual. I was down at the bottom of the sea, diving under a big...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 30, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/30/2023 - A long swim along the coast
A powerful day yesterday. At dawn, I went to the beach with my flippers and jumped headlong into the sea. The waves were large, and I...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 29, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/29/2023 - Emily’s last year of school
Another semester of Emily’s school is paid for. One more to go, and then we’re done! We didn’t save enough for her college when she was...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 28, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/28/2023 - Siberia at 116
It was 116 degrees at Siberia ghost town yesterday. A few years back, and I’d have felt a longing to be out there. No more... I don’t...
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