There should be some significance in the first project entry on the first week of a new decade, right? After all, changing the calendar signifies new transitions to better yourself, and probably some resolutions you’ll break.

Well — it’s not a new decade. That doesn’t start until 2021, go look it up. Besides, dates are arbitrary tools for us to coordinate time, and flipping a calendar isn’t really a good reason to do anything. If you need that for motivation, then likely you’re in the wrong space anyway.

Now. Here’s a random-ass picture of some ice encrusted trees that really moved me. Whether you find beauty in it or not isn’t my concern because the image isn’t for you. It’s for me. Like everything else I make, its purpose is to generate my memory of that moment, but I share it with the hope that you might be inspired. There is no guarantee that will happen and honestly I don’t really care — and that’s a good thing.

Confused? Hear me out.

About ten years ago when I began to realize I cared about too much, I started a contemplation process. At the time, I called it a divorce, but hey, semantics. Any way, without realizing it, eventually I would conclude that the best approach in life is to act solely for myself, so that’s what I did. I removed everyone else from all my decisions and moved on with brutal self-honesty. It was the best decision I’ve ever made. Maybe that seems selfish to you. It is. But the thing is, we’re all the same, and every thinking person eventually reaches the same conclusion. And, maybe you’re asking yourself, gee Christian, if we’re all so damn selfish, how can anyone relate?

That’s where you come in. If we can accept humans are selfish (and we are), then be self-interested. And be honest about it, because your motivations just might line up with mine.

You see, besides honesty, alignment is probably the most positive aspect of humanity. It allows us to socialize without killing each other, and to learn. Adapt. To refine. What other reason is there to have awareness?

This may seem like an argument, but to be honest, I don’t really believe anything in our world is real, so whether or not you agree with me is irrelevant. And it’s possible you came across these words through a totally random act, and you think I’m insane. That’s fine. But, consider that you made it this far through the act of reading my thoughts, and maybe that means something.