I did not die in 2023. Optimistic about keeping that streak going in 2024.

In order to encourage that sort of behavior, I’ve committed to checking in everyday. It’s a proof of life sort of thing. By committing to daily posting, I’m accomplishing several things at once.

• Giving myself unnecessary homework during a life already filled with actual life things.
• Doing my part by contributing to the ever growing landfill of content litter. We can always be messier. Does society need more publicly available thoughts? We do not, but that’s never stopped us before. It’s important to grow our strategic take reserve. We must add to its size and density until our combined takes generate enough gravitational force to support the orbit of a small moon, where I and my family will live. I have deemed this the only way to be free of our takes once and for all.
• Proving that I’ve survived another day. Or not survived, in which case I hope the last post is accidentally profound, and not just some deadline meeting filler about weather or my lunch or the quirkiness of that particular day of the week.
• Creating an illusion of productivity for myself so that I can watch dumb TV at night and relax without feeling guilty.

Will I make it a whole year without missing a day? Almost certainly not. But I just went an entire year without drinking, so who knows? No reason not to try, considering the stakes couldn’t be lower. Here goes nothing!