2024 - Wrapped
I have been meaning to write this for the last 5 years or so. But I always ended up being preoccupied with something else. Work, school, travel, life ups and downs, you name it. All that to say that this is the first holiday season where I have enough free time to post something.
2024 was an eventful year. And so was 2023, and the pandemic era that preceded it. A lot has happened in my personal life. Similarly a lot has happened in the world, especially in the tech industry where I make a living.
At first, I thought I would write this post as a collection of learnings from my personal experiences, but that felt like too much pressure after such an extended hiatus. Instead I am keeping it light with a “Spotify Wrapped” style overview of my 2024 highlights and 2025 goals.
BOOKS
- Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
- The Weight by Jeff Boyd
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Men we Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- Be Free Where You Are by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Power Broker by Robert Caro (only read a few chapters and listened to the 99% Invisible podcast series)
SONGS
- Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
- Escapism by RAYE ft 070 Shake
- Le Mystère abyssal by MPL
- About us by Le Youth ft EMME
- Urabaruta by SEBANANI André
ALBUMS
- The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett (recorded in January 1975 and released later that year)
- Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz (recorded in March 1963, released in March 1964)
- Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves (released in 2018)
MOVIES
- Conclave (2024)
- Perfect Days (2023)
- Batman (1989)
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Twisters (2024)
TV SHOWS
- The Penguin (S1)
- The Sopranos (rewatched S3-S6)
- Shogun (S1)
- Mr and Mrs smith (S1)
- Tokyo Vice (S1-S2)
TO DO IN 2025
- Travel (Highway 101 road-trip)
- Play soccer regularly (at least once a week)
- Summit Mount St Helens
- Meditate daily! Read daily!
- Write more (on this blog and elsewhere)