Every year, I reflect on the past events with a brief summary of what happened.
Here are some stats from 2023!
What went well
While 2022 was an outer journey (I travelled a lot that year), 2023 was mostly on the inward part.
Movies, books and all the things that make us human
- In 2023, 22 (out of 21) books read, 4604 pages turned 📚
- Started logging movies! I watched 9 movies in the last 3 months 🍿
- While it is great to watch content online nowadays, I still enjoy going to the movies. In 2023, I went to movies twice. One of them was part of a film festival to see About Dry Grasses and the other was for Oppenheimer at TU Film Garching. While it is not as comfortable as a movie theater, I really enjoyed watching this one at a lecture hall. It really gives another dimension to the movie!
- Went to 2 music festivals 🎶 These were small ones held in Munich. Still, I always enjoy going to Stustaculum which is the largest music festival organized solely by students in Germany.
- Visited 6 museums and art exhibitions in total!
On the side dishes
- Published 1 simple yet successful side project: ChatGPTify
- Survived a hackathon right after a paper submission 😮 This one was a bit of a crazy idea, but I attended for the second time to HackaTUM and I really enjoyed the event!
- Only moved houses once?? 🏡
- Finished German B1 level! 🇩🇪
- Improved my chess ♟️- Even though we do not align since he thinks women do not even belong to kitchen, a bit bittersweet thanks to Bobby Fischer.
In academia
- Attended a PhD mentorship program as a mentee.
- Increased TOEFL score by 10 points 🙃
- Applied 5 grad school programs 🍸
- Submitted one master’s thesis 📄
- Graduated from a master’s degree! 👩🎓🎓
What did not go so well
- I spent around 2 months with an ankle brace after a serious injury, so this year cycling was unfortunately a big no 🥲
- Written 3 blog posts ✍️ This is better than last year but still needs improvement.
- No new countries or cities. I did not have the chance to travel much this year 🗺️
Thank you 2023 for all the fish! 🐟
I know that 2024 will be amazing, it’s an even number, ends with a 4 and is a leap year.
Best combo ever!
– Coding Woman
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