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Kurt Bell
Dec 25, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/25/2022 - Merry Christmas
The old body is being a bit of a grump now on Christmas Day. The doctor confirmed my growing joint pain is arthritis, which feels more...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 25, 20222 min read
LIVE book reading - Going Alone - The Anxiety Hike
It’s seven AM here on the Pacific Coast and time for another live reading of my book Going Alone. Today, it’s chapter five, The Anxiety ...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Day 32 ocean swim
This count up of days is more accurately a count down of remaining good days. But time has nearly always been important to me. That...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 23, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/23/2022 - Running down
The coffee was slow to kick in this morning, which is no big deal as it’s Friday and get to start work a half hour later than usual....
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Kurt Bell
Dec 22, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/22/2022 - Working from work *
Moving quick this morning, I’ve got somewhere to go—working from the office in fact, a real treat these days. No, I’m not one for working...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 22, 20222 min read
Day 31 ocean swim
It’s the first day of winter and today’s swim was a very cold and dark one. My last meeting of the afternoon finished late, and after it...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 21, 20224 min read
The Good Life - 12/21/2022 - Broken seagull *
Life floored me a little yesterday when, after my swim, I met a broken seagull all alone on the sand, dragging a bloody wing across the...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Day 30 ocean swim
I took the afternoon off work today to see my doctor, which left time for arrival at the beach about an hour ahead of schedule. Not much...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 20, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/20/2022 - When life is “done”
My life is "done" now when I complete these videos each morning. It’s interesting to me how ending these daily videos with the words “my...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 19, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/19/2022 - Facing Monday
Some Mondays… It takes effort sometimes for me to tackle a Monday in the way it deserves, or at least the in the way I choose to think a...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 19, 20223 min read
Day 29 ocean swim
If you look closely you can see two figures by the water as I run towards the sea. They are a pair of teenage girls who’d been ...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 18, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/18/2022 - The Principle of Family
I’ve added a new principal to The Good Life creed, that of Family, and the sub-principle of Catalyst. These were part and parcel of the...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Day 28 ocean swim
Three days missed… And now, even a relatively warm winter day like today feels quite cold. Just last week I was coming here in the wind...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 18, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/17/2022 - Sub-principle of family
No swim again yesterday. Duty called. And I, always, heed my duty. I think I’d have made a pretty good soldier, as I respond to duty with...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 16, 20223 min read
The Good Life - 12/16/2022 - Year end party
We’re past the company holiday party, which always feels to me like rounding a corner into the new year. Since I know I’m leaving the...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 16, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/15/2022 - A settling peace of mind
No swim yesterday, had to work instead. I Certainly missed it. Maybe I’ll swim twice tomorrow to make up. Retirement has been on my mind...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 16, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/14/2022 - Summoning my worry
I’m going in to work at the office today, which is something I stopped doing since moving to the beach. It’s a long commute to the...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 13, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/13/2022 - Woo be damned *
A light switched on in my mind last night, prompted by a comment from Juan about taking charge of the visualization of our challenges,...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Day 27 ocean swim
A man came up to me after my swim today and while I was toweling off in the red glow. He said, “I walk here every evening and I see you ...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 12, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/12/2022 - Distant thunder *
Lightning and thunder this morning, way out over the sea. That’s the best kind—thunder and lightning from somewhere else: a high...
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