2023 | Adam Fuller

2023 Recap

This is my personal annual report for 2023. Below, I provide a brief “Year in review,” followed by “Goals results.” The Books I read in 2023 and my 2023 Media Diet are broken out into separate articles. For comparison, my previous annual recaps are available at the following links: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013.

2023 Media Diet

This is my fifth annual audit of the food I feed my brain, except for books (the most important ingredient for brain health, which you can find here). For comparison, my prior Media Diets are available here: 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Books I read in 2023

I read 15 books in 2023, finished 10 of them, and am still working through five of them. This post lists out those books, arranged in chronological order of when they were finished. Each section includes excerpts from each book, distinguished in grey, along with any of my notes that I wanted to share with you.

Grand Canyon R2R2R

Three rims, 46-ish miles, more than 11,000 feet elevation gain, in something like 18 hours

I conquered this bucket list beast with a buddy on September 30, 2023.

Colorado Trail Segments 15-21

Six days and 105 miles in the wilderness alone

“In the wilderness, life is stripped of distractions. It is quiet. The topography demands discipline, simplicity, and fierce attention. Solitude in the wilderness makes irrelevant all the people-pleasing habits that have become interwoven into your personality.” — David Brooks, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life.

This is a recap of my third annual solo backpacking adventure on the Colorado Trail.

The goal is to eventually complete all 28 Segments (486 miles) of the Colorado Trail, starting in Denver and finishing in Durango, segmented out to roughly one week of backpacking per year.

The broader goal is to build a habit of going into the wilderness alone every year.