☀️ The Good Life - 09/17/2023 - Walking like I’ve already arrived
My walking has changed. I used to walk like I needed to be somewhere. Not so much anymore. Now, I walk like I’ve mostly already...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 3, 20233 min
☀️ The Good Life - 09/03/2023 - Dominoes fall
As I age, I look back on the preceding decades like the acts in a great play which we are all compelled to perform to a greater or lesser...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 28, 20233 min
☀️ 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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Kurt Bell
Jul 26, 20233 min
☀️ The Good Life - 07/26/2023 - Climbing Everest
I’m sleeping every night now, straight through, from the moment I rest my head on my pillow at 9:00 PM until the alarm sounds at 4:00...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 20, 20233 min
☀️ The Good Life - 06/20/2023 - Down from the highest peak
For a time yesterday I was standing on one of life’s several summits, looking back across the landscape already crossed. I was the oldest...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 19, 20233 min
☀️ The Good Life - 06/19/2023 - My surfing days are done *
I learned a few things about myself yesterday by surfing. First, I learned that I can become a surfer again if I want to. At age...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 5, 20232 min
☀️ The Good Life - 06/05/2023 - Log above a stream *
My well being lately seems balanced on a log. I’m like a young boy crossing over a stream on a fallen tree. Altogether, I feel pretty...
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Kurt Bell
May 19, 20233 min
☀️ The Good Life - 05/19/2023 - At the edge of the sea
After work yesterday I went to the beach to sit on the sand and behold… Waves, as big as a winter storm were marching up from the...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 8, 20232 min
Day 44 ocean swim
I talked to a thirty-something year old surfer just now, looking down in the dumps by the stairs. He was dripping wet, watching his four...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 2, 20232 min
Day 40 ocean swim
Back to work tomorrow. But, I’m ready. Eager even. As I get to do good things at my job. Hard, sure. But then I wouldn’t be needed or...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 1, 20232 min
LIVE Book Illustration - Going Alone - For Evelyn in New York City
Join me while I personalize a copy of Going Alone before sending it to a reader in New York City. Evelyn seems an upbeat, optimistic...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 1, 20232 min
The Good Life - 01/01/2023 - New years resolve *
My resolve for the new year is to be more attentive to the discipline of my thoughts, to lay out an agenda and quota for my day’s work,...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 25, 20221 min
Day 33 ocean swim
Merry Christmas! I received today the good fortune of another day of life. I promise I won’t waste it. #GoingAlone #TheGoodLife #Purpose...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 22, 20222 min
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 6, 20222 min
The Good Life - 12/06/2022 - Demanding of myself a good day of work *
I’m caught up and even ahead at work, which is dangerous as it’s tempting now to coast and be less productive than my employer deserves ...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 29, 20222 min
The Good Life - 11/29/2022 - Less productive
Not as productive yesterday as I’d like. I hate that. It really, truly bothers me not to complete a work day driven hard and...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 25, 20222 min
Day sixteen ocean swim
My thoughts were on process today: how to best organize my days and my activities to make good use of my remaining good years. Hopefully,...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 22, 20222 min
The Good Life - 11/22/2022 - I’m no Spartan *
It was a rough day yesterday, though I did not let that prevent me from being productive at work. I’m sick. Not so sick I need a day...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 19, 20222 min
The Good Life - 11/19/2022 - With or without coffee
We’re out of coffee, but that’s alright. I’ll make a pot of tea which I won’t even sip. That’s ’cause I slept well last night (for a...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20201 min
STOIC POETRY | Taking my own medicine
I made this video at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. I begin the video simply to share a little bit about the surroundings,...
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