It’s year-in-review time. I’ve included some short notable points and some of my favorite nature photos of 2023. Here we go.
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Addition to the family – I am now an uncle and that’s pretty cool. 🙂
First SC – Despite a few years working on HPC systems, I’d never attended SC before. I actually felt like a member of the HPC community (beyond just my current workplace) for the first time. Plus I got to hang out and have drinks and food with coworkers. You can read some more of my highly-non-technical impressions here.
Family photos – My project, now a few years in the works, to digitize all my family’s photos is nearing completion. Thousands of photos are now neatly sorted into nice folders on my computer, backed up to a mix of cloud services, and shared online. There could be more to do, but this dramatically increases the discoverability and longevity of these images.
30 – I turned 30 in 2023, the only decade milestone that has ever troubled me. It turned out mercifully anticlimactic. There are areas in my life where I’m not satisfied, but I am happy with my career progression, I like my workplace and my team, and my geographic location is a great fit for me. I wouldn’t want to stop here, because there are other parts of my life that I’ve neglected. However, everyone’s timelines are different, and I believe I’m now well-suited to improve in other areas.
Incremental improvement – I went back and re-read my 2022 year-in-review post. In a lot of ways, 2023 feels like a part two. A lot of what I did either continued or built upon the progress of that year. I’m better at my job, better off financially, and more assured with myself as a person. Like last year, this one was not host to a swath of drastic changes. But looking back over the course of those two years in total, there is unmistakable improvement.
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This has been 2023. I’m still formulating my 2024 plans, but I think 2023 provided a foundation I can build on throughout my thirties.
Happy Holidays!