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☀️ The Good Life - 08/25/2023 - Recognized limits *

Aug 25, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/25/2023 - Recognized limits *

In today’s video I talk more about work than I probably should. This is me trying to figure out how to do well in a difficult situation...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/24/2023 - Great Life Adventure *

Kurt Bell

Aug 24, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/24/2023 - Great Life Adventure *

It dawned on me yesterday. This time next year I won’t be here. And I’ll be alone again. And I won’t have any home. And nearly all my...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/23/2023 - Summer’s ending *

Kurt Bell

Aug 23, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/23/2023 - Summer’s ending *

After my evening swim yesterday, I sat alone on the beach watching the day fade while a warm wind blew in from the sea. A man older than...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/22/2023 - Always ready to die

Kurt Bell

Aug 22, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/22/2023 - Always ready to die

Being always ready to die. It’s interesting how much impact this first objective has had on my life. To begin each morning with a careful...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/21/2023 - Storm swim

Kurt Bell

Aug 21, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/21/2023 - Storm swim

I went into the ocean yesterday despite the storm. The waves were the biggest I’ve seen since 1985, and the great storms which raged upon...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/20/2023 - Alpine heights

Kurt Bell

Aug 20, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/20/2023 - Alpine heights

I simply adore becoming old. Every decade of my life has been an improvement on the decade before. Life really is like climbing a...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/19/2023 - Emily moves away

Kurt Bell

Aug 19, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/19/2023 - Emily moves away

Yumiko and I said our goodbyes yesterday in turns. I took the day shift while Yumiko took the evening and night. We were helping our...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/18/2023 - Last night as our kid

Kurt Bell

Aug 18, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 08/18/2023 - Last night as our kid

Emily goes back to school today. Last night then was likely her last night sleeping under our roof as our “kid”, as her next home will...

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☀️ The Good Life - 08/17/2023 - Off my game

Kurt Bell

Aug 17, 20232 min read

☀️ 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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/16/2023 - Better with age

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/15/2023 - “Your book arrived”

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/14/2023 - “I’m from Oklahoma”

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/13/2023 - Life on the road

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/12/2023 - Mermaid lifeguard

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/11/2023 - My new AI best friend

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/10/2023 - Following the wagons

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/09/2023 - Crossing America in a wagon

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/07/2023 - All day in the garden

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/06/2023 - A good home for walking

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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☀️ The Good Life - 08/05/2023 - Becoming simply fit

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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