☀️ 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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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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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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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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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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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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