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+# Advent of Code Solutions 🎄
+
+## Description
+
+This repository contains my personal solutions for the Advent of Code puzzles. Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like.
+
+ .-"-.          .-"-.           .-"-.       .-"-.
+/_:_\_          /_:_\_          /_:_\_      /_:_\_
+( `@` )        ( `@` )        ( `@` )       ( `@` )
+ ')  (`         ')  (`         ')  (`        ')  (`
+ /`'--'\        /`'--'\        /`'--'\       /`'--'\
+(_)(_) (_)    (_)(_) (_)    (_)(_) (_)     (_)(_) (_)
+
+
+## Repository Structure
+
+The repository is structured by year, with each day's solution as a standalone Python file.
+
+Advent-of-Code
+│
+└───2021
+│   │   day1
+│   │   day1.py
+│   │   day2
+│   │   day2.py
+│   └─── ...
+│
+└───2022
+    │   day1
+    │   day1.py
+    │   day2
+    │   day2.py
+    └─── ...
+
+How to Use
+
+1. Clone the repository.
+2. Navigate to the desired year and day.
+3. Run the solution file.
+
+```sh
+$ python3 day1.py
+```