Where do I even begin about 2023… On one hand, my mental health tanked several times, particularly around April, July, and October. I spent a lot of the year exhausted and overstimulated and just trying to survive.

On the other hand, we took four major trips throughout the year, hosted some pretty decent parties and dinners, saw a handful of concerts and movies in theater, and went on some fun outings. I also thrived creatively, completing a poetry writing challenge and reaching affiliate on Twitch.

I’m not saying toss 2023 in the trash entirely, but I’m very glad it’s a new year and a fresh start. Here’s to better things in 2024.

Top 10 movies watched in 2023:

  1. Beau Is Afraid
  2. Barbie
  3. Carrie
  4. The Descent
  5. Inside [2023]
  6. Re-Animator
  7. Only Lovers Left Alive
  8. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  9. Evil Dead Rise
  10. The Human Race

Top 10 books read in 2023:

  1. Summer Sons (Lee Mandelo)
  2. Strong Female Character (Fern Brady)
  3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
  4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
  5. Unmasking Autism (Devon Price)
  6. little scratch (Rebecca Watson)
  7. Book Lovers (Emily Henry)
  8. A Novel Obsession (Caitlin Barasch)
  9. A Simple Favor (Darcey Bell)
  10. Academically Yours (Jennifer Chipman)

Top 10 tracks of 2023:

  1. How Not To Drown (CHVRCHES)
  2. Head in the Wall (Ethel Cain)
  3. Crumbs (Rebecca Black)
  4. I Can See You (Taylor Swift)
  5. Inbred (Ethel Cain)
  6. My Darling True (Nicole Dollanganger)
  7. right where you left me (Taylor Swift)
  8. Bad Man (Nicole Dollanganger)
  9. Moonlite (Nicole Dollanganger)
  10. Is It Over Now? (Taylor Swift)