First week of 2025 or last week of 2024

A warped view of an untidy street corner in Cape Town, S.A.

So, here’s the question: is this the first week of 2025 or the last week of 2024? It really depends on how you think about weeks, what day your week starts on, or simply how you choose to look at it. Since these are all just human conventions—and ultimately meaningless—the decision is up to you. Of course, we do have to coexist and interact with one another, but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter. It’s a very minor point.

In other words, this is a lot of words to say almost nothing. But hey, it’s the beginning of a new year!

Today, I came across only one quote in my Readwise feed that stood out to me, which you’ll find below. As you can probably tell, I’m feeling especially creative today (not).

Quote

"People believed the workingman was getting shafted, and they seethed. Perceived societal breaks for minorities made the frustrated white guys of my world crazy." (Alfred Lubrano, Limbo)