2023 – A Recap

Posted byHariharan AnantharamanPosted inLife MomentsTags:, ,

2023 was an interesting year for me. How do i feel, if i look back at it. Continue reading to know more.

What I am Proud of

Below are a few things that happened in 2023, about which I am proud of

  • Able to control my screen time. I was never addicted to instagram , tiktok etc. So naturally i was able to aovid Instagram reels, youtube shorts etc. Most of the working days, Economic times was the first app i open (not FB or twitter). However, on weekends, my social media time is high. I need to restrict it.
  • Minimise OTT consumption.
  • Able to dedicate time for spirtual improvement. Able to do Sandhyavandhanam atleast 4-5 times a week and read “Deivathin Kural” everyday.
  • Able to workout consistently whenever possible.
  • Able to maintain work life balance and spend quality time with family.

    Trips

Trips

I made a total of 10 business trips this year. Below are the cities covered

  • Pune
  • Mumbai
  • Bangalore ( 5 trips)
  • Singapore
  • Bangkok
  • Ahmedabad

    Below are the cities covered for family funtions
  • Coimbatore
  • Erode (Bhavani)

Below are the cities covered as part of spritual trip/road trips

  • Shirdi
  • Bhadrachalam
    To sum it up, 2023 was an eventful year in terms of travel.

Learning

This is where i fell short. I started to learn Angular but could not complete it. Lot of breaks and after sometime Udemy did not load the contents properly. One reason being that I am not able to reduce my sleeping time to 5 hours. I slept an average of 6 to 7 hours, which is very high.

Work

Work was ok. Usual delays and escalations. But what is more worrying is that the challenges that were present during the beginning of the year still remain (Deployment and infrastructure issues. Still people dependent). While I was able to have a say and manage to give a workable plan, i feel that it fell short. I was also not able to influence and get started on performance initiatives.
It is always an reactive way and not a proactive one.

Sum it up

To sum it up, 2023 has been an underwhelming year. It is a year where processes are set in place. Needs a re-alignment of priorities to achieve more. I need to make an effort to reduce my sleeping time.

Goals for 2024

  • Use GenAI to solve documentation and deployment issues.
  • Resolve deployment problems by more automation.
  • Contribute to at least one open-source initiative.

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