I was inspired by https://stephango.com/40-questions, but I reduced the number of questions to 20 so that I wouldn’t feel lazy doing this.


1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?

  • Step out of my comfort zone

2. Did you get your goal done?

  • No 🥲

3. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year?

  • Money 💸

4. What was your biggest achievement?

  • Receive a scholarship

5. What was your biggest failure?

  • Give up Deep learning

6. What other hardships did you face?

  • Disoriented

7. Did you suffer illness or injury?

  • Yes

8. What was the best thing you bought?

  • New phone

9. Where did most of your money go?

  • Cafe and books 🥲

10. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

  • Finance & Economics

11. What do you wish you’d done more of?

  • Learning

12. What do you wish you’d done less of?

  • Watching movies

13. What was the best book you read?

  • “Man’s Search for Meaning” - Viktor Frankl

14. What was your favorite song?

15. What was your favorite movie?

  • Twinkling Watermelon

16. What did you want and get?

  • Scholarship

17. What did you want and not get?

  • Scholarship

18. What did you learn this year?

  • Maths, Finance & Economics, a bit of English, research skills,…

19. What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?

  • Knowing when to stop

20. What is your favorite quote of the year?

  • “The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win” - Miyamoto Musashi