2023 in Retrospect. Let's Hope for a Great 2024

So it's 31st December, 2023. 

One more year has been passed. One more year I have grown older. I'm just trying to put the lights on in 2023. While writing this post I am looking at last year's post and thinking of what I have done throughout the year. 

To start I would like to thank the Almighty, my Family, my would-be Better Half, and my well-wishers for letting me walk with them. I have seen a lot of challenges both professionally and personally. By the grace of God, this year has come to an end for me. I cannot thank enough the people who are with/behind me on this journey. 

Begin with the achievements from 2023 followed by the resolution of 2024. 

So professionally -

• I tried to carry the Stop Complaining, Start Acting so far. I think I can make it behavior by 2024.

• I did study more about testing throughout this year. And I will continue to do so. I am thinking of exploring some tools and frameworks of QA in 2024.

• I finally got exposure to the Dev projects along with QA projects. Built a small-scale application from scratch. Which allowed me to get into newer Dev projects for 2024. (!!Yayy!!) I will put even more effort into proving my diligence and passion for development works. 

• The continuous problem-solving mindset has led me to a 602 streak (solving one problem at least daily) on LeetCode till now. I wish to do the same this year as well.

• Could not accomplish the target of doing 4 pet projects. Instead continued working on 2 pet projects (https://github.com/ssavi-ict). One of them is a Chrome Extension helpful for Cracking the Coding Interview. I will try to start new projects maintaining one of the current projects.

• Overall, I invested my free time in productive work.

And Personally - 

• I tried to take on more responsibilities in 2023. I think I will push the limit further here as well.

• I am going to start a family soon. Which I think will give me a new landscape in my life. I Love Her.

• I continued going temple throughout the whole year. And with my would-be Better Half from the middle of the year. I will continue to do so.

  • A spiritual mindset led me to go to the Char Dham Yatra while making an incredible trekking journey of 25 Kilos to Kedarnath and 9 Kilos to Yamunotri.

  • This year I will try to do one more trip like this. I love them.

• I will make a habit to take care of my Health. Also, as an inspiration, I will try to participate in marathons for continued running activities.

What I especially want to achieve in 2024 is a Better Career Goal and a Better Family Management Skill. As part of the continuous development, I want to build the habit of Reading books. 

There are some items which left behind in the retrospect of Year'23 goals. However, I prioritized stuff according to my needs.

So this is my resolution for the Year 2024. This is Avik Sarkar signing off from this post. 

Thank you for reading.