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. My book? What book? I didn’t buy any book. After dinner I went to the office to see, opening the big envelope and discovering “my” book. “Oh! Yeah! This is MY book!” I’d forgot it was coming. The book was the author’s proof for my own (non-AI) new book titled: Stoic Poetry - Volume 1. This was the very first printed draft, sent to me to use for final review before giving the green light to publish. It’s great fun to hold your own book in your hands for the very first time, kinda like holding your own newborn baby. Who is this baby? What’s it like? What might it one day become? What story will it really tell? Today at lunch I’ll give the new book a look-see, and if everything appears in order then I might publish later this week. Volume 2 in this series is already half written (by me, not by AI). Soon, that book will arrive here too. The process of writing, editing and publishing now feels very familiar and in some ways happily unending. Yet, every time a new book does arrive—“MY” book arrives—the feeling is exactly like the happy birth of something new.
The Good Life Meditation is my daily recitation and reminder of personal objectives and principles used in pursuit of a purposeful life in spite of a universe of seeming indifference. Learn more about The Good Life at my website GoingAlone.org or by reading my book Going Alone. And visit our Discord at: https://lnkd.in/gFgfGmY6
OBJECTIVES: 1. Be Always Ready to Die 2. Make Good Use of Time and Resources 3. Develop Good and Sound Life Principles 4. Cultivate Good Emotional Reactions 5. Perform Good Actions 6. Recognize True Limits and Opportunity 7. One Thing Slowly
PRINCIPLES: 1. Principle of War 2. Principle of Reason 3. Homunculus 4. Anchorhold 5. Home of Good and Evil 6. Principle of Purpose 7. Atomic Principle 8. Principle of Nature 9. The Pirate Ride 10. Principle of Maturity 11. Social Principle
12. Principle of Family 13. Public Speaking 14. Temperance 15. Life Will Not Go Well 16. The Horror Show 17. That Which Must Be Borne 18. The Feast of Offal 19. Distraction 20. Agency and The Great Indifference 21. The Best Seat in the House 22. The Restless Man 23. The Path of Wildness 24. The Great Life Adventure 25. The Risk of Avoiding Risk 26. Sin and Damnation 27. Complete Oblivion 28. The Season of Philosophy
29. Scriptwriting 30. Bullseye Aim 31. The Uphill Climb 32. Arena and Utility 33. Nothing IS enough 34. The Principle of Fun
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My name is Kurt Bell.
You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone.
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