The year 2024 was one of learning and following my curiosity. It was a good year that took me places I hadn’t anticipated. I was curious about how others approached learning, so I did a learning survey. That led to my sharing what I read from books in blog posts. That led to my sharing those blog posts in audio format. That led to my creating 100 podcast episodes about what I learned from books. From that I realized how difficult it is to read, retain, and make use of what I read. That sparked my figuring out how to solve this problem, which led to the book library project. It’s been fun. I’m excited about the potential of this project and can’t wait to see where it goes in 2025.

From a growth perspective, this past year felt different than other recent years. I think that consuming a book a week drove this feeling. The bits of information I consumed built upon one another and led to a deeper understanding of many topics that I can put to use this year. My learning was supercharged, which was nice. I enjoyed the challenge of learning from so many books and the mental growth it led to. And that was after only nine months. I can only imagine what it will lead to if I do it for a full calendar year, and I intend to continue it in 2025—hopefully with the help of my book library.