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STOIC POETRY | What it is like being 56 years old
I made this video to talk a little bit about what it is like to be 56 years old. I was very pleased that people who were watching chimed...

Kurt Bell
Oct 1, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Encountering the man I was before I left Japan
I watched a video this morning by my friend Victor in which he was offering Japan antiques and merchandise to people in his audience....

Kurt Bell
Sep 30, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Emily's little secret
This poolside YouTube Live was started in order to answer the question if my family and I have benefited from our move to the USA. I do...

Kurt Bell
Sep 30, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Prepared to escape from America
During this YouTube Live vlog, I talk with and answer questions from viewers and even share my plan to escape back to Japan, should...

Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20201 min read


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,...

Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Heat Death
On my way to Julian California to get some apple pie for my family, I decided to swing by in Mount Palomar to take a glimpse at the...

Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | "Jesus or Hell, dad"
While working away at home today, my daughter Emily rang me up out of the blue to tell me "Jesus or Hell, dad!" After recovering from...

Kurt Bell
Sep 26, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | My work in America
I was asked to share about the work that I do now since returning to the United States. I decided to elaborate with the story of how the opp

Kurt Bell
Sep 20, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Nailing a job interview
Responding to a viewer who asked me to make a video sharing tips for succeeding at a job interview.

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20202 min read


STOIC POETRY | MULLY kissed me
Recalling a time with another community and another way of life.

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Yelling at a deaf and mute girl
Reflecting on how I might use Stoic principles to handle a challenging moment.

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Live with Emily
An impromptu vlog with my daughter, Emily. We were out for a day long motorcycle ride running errands and visiting family...

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Why I gave up Japan
I began this live stream to discuss the reason I seemingly abandoned my connection to my friends in Japan from the JVLOG community.

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Emily asked me to make this video
My grown daughter asked me to make this video in order to share a little about what’s happening in our lives and to perhaps kick off...

Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Sand or coal?
The opportunity to stay or to go. I say always go. Especially when we are young—always go. For the wonder of what we have left behind is...

Kurt Bell
Aug 29, 20202 min read


STOIC POETRY | The beginning of Going Alone
I remember when I first thought up the idea of Going Alone. My family and I were living then in Japan, and I was making YouTube videos...

Kurt Bell
Aug 28, 20206 min read


STOIC POETRY | No more free will
I once imagined I was steering my own life in a very full and meaningful way. Full control. Nearly complete, adult, and independent...

Kurt Bell
Aug 27, 20203 min read


STOIC POETRY | To walk alone among ghosts
I was never very afraid of the dark, or the things which come out after the sun goes down, to wander, and slither, and creep, and fly...

Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20203 min read


STOIC POETRY | Sailing the inner sea
There is a sea within us upon which circumstance presses restless winds night and day; forming crests and troughs, moving over the face...

Kurt Bell
Aug 25, 20203 min read


STOIC POETRY | Infrastructure
There is an inward architecture which we create through the fact and consequence of our decisions and actions, which become the...

Kurt Bell
Aug 24, 20201 min read
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