We just re-watched Fight Club -- probably the first time together.

We just re-watched Fight Club -- probably the first time together.

Fight Club was a really meaningful movie to me - and I find it very difficult to explain why. The importance and meaning for me has never been in the fighting. Nor the soap.

Instead, that our protagonist chooses to become a charismatic cult leader to accomplish his goals -- that of getting the girl and having a more connected life. He goes from a life where the most intimacy he has is crying on Bob's tits, to having the love of a hundred space monkeys, and the devotion of Marla.

And that's really the point -- we're not bound by history, and can choose who we are going to be.

I woke up one day and started going by William. I moved from Oklahoma City to Pittsburgh, and everything in my life changed. I described it as becoming Tyler Durden -- and I think it still applies. I'm not destroying financial history, but am choosing who to be and how to live.

That was 10 years ago, nearly. Now, I'm married and live in a condo. I just left a shitty job early this year, and am creating the freedom and responsibility of forming my own business.

This is our world. We can choose who we are. And that's really the point -- we are as empwered to change the world as we want to be.

Note, though, for those following along -- yes, I'm a cis-gendered straight white dude with a masters from a fancy-pants university. Yes,  this means I play life on the easiest difficulty setting. And yes, I'm sticking to the point that we can all decide who to be -- though, it is easier for me to be taken seriously.