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10/22/25 — Setting Down the Hammer (Journal Entry Dissection: #Time #Distraction #Balance)
Principle of Distraction About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/22/25) I’m working each day to loosen a lifelong habit of needing to be prod

Kurt Bell
2 days ago2 min read


10/13/25 — Ready to Go, Ready to Stay (Journal Entry Dissection: #Balance #Uphill #Temperance)
The Principle of Balance About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/13/25) I had no journal entry or Retiring in Japan video yesterday, as I spe

Kurt Bell
Oct 133 min read


10/12/25 — A Working Day in Retirement (Journal Entry Dissection: #Purpose #Time #Balance)
Principle of Purpose About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/11/25) Yesterday felt a little like a working day—in the best sense. The kind of

Kurt Bell
Oct 112 min read


10/11/25 — The Garden Untended (Journal Entry Dissection: #Reason #Limits #Balance)
About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/10/25) Every day I look out the back door at the garden I failed to tend. It waits quietly beyond the

Kurt Bell
Oct 102 min read


10/06/25 — The Saturday Reunion (Journal Entry Dissection: #Time #Balance #Social)
About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the...

Kurt Bell
Oct 62 min read


10/04/25 — The Saturday Reunion (Journal Entry Dissection: #Time #Balance #Social)
Social Principle About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand...

Kurt Bell
Oct 42 min read


☀️ The Good Life - 09/18/2023 - Ultrasound today
Ultrasound today to find out what’s up with this walnut-sized thing inside me. That’s in the afternoon, while I have a difficult meeting...

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20232 min read


☀️ The Good Life - 09/14/2023 - “No Dr. Jones”
During our evening walk yesterday, Yumiko and I discussed the online business she plans to run from Japan. She’s up to forty-three...

Kurt Bell
Sep 14, 20233 min read


☀️ The Good Life - 09/06/2023 - Clay at our own wheel
Yumiko and I both have begun to mold ourselves into the people we wish to become. It’s a very alien and strange process and feeling;...

Kurt Bell
Sep 6, 20232 min read


☀️ The Good Life - 08/29/2023 - What a view!
299 days left. I know that the coming paradigm will be little different from the current. Each new life being largely the same as the...

Kurt Bell
Aug 29, 20232 min read


☀️ The Good Life - 08/28/2023 - Objective of Balance
I added a new objective yesterday to The Good Life creed. The objective of Balance is number eight, and will speak to the management of...

Kurt Bell
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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