docs: def run():
      """
      Initialize and start objects. This is called automatically when importing the package.
  
      :return none:
      """
      # GLOBALS
      global cwd, files, logger_start, logger_benchmark, settings, _timeseries_data
      _timeseries_data = {}
      # files = {".lpd": [ {"full_path", "filename_ext", "filename_no_ext", "dir"} ], ".xls": [...], ".txt": [...]}
      settings = {"note_update": True, "note_validate": True, "verbose": True}
      cwd = os.getcwd()
      # logger created in whatever directory lipd is called from
      logger_start = create_logger("start")
      logger_benchmark = create_benchmark("benchmarks", "benchmark.log")
      files = {".txt": [], ".lpd": [], ".xls": []}
  
      return