2023 Year In Review: The Best And Worst Events In A Disquieting Year

As 2023 ends, so does part of ourselves as we leave behind a year of world complications that will only impact us more in the future. As contradicting as that sounds with each passing year, I remain in awe of how there is so much that is changing before our eyes. Every year I like to reflect on what these 12 months were like for me personally as well as highlighting what’s happened in the world (with some bias, of course). We can be both grateful and disappointed at what actually took place and did not. So, in this year’s review of 2023, here is my best shot at what made the cut.

But First … Let’s Start with Me:

2023 was both a challenging and amazing year for me. It was a year of transition initiated three years ago with the most difficult and final phase of implementation happening in 2023. It is no mistake that I am writing my blog from Oaxaca, Mexico.

In 2023, (if I can gloat a bit) I have:

Closed my 38 year consulting practice,

Sold my house,

Got rid of 50% of 50 years of accumulating stuff (no wonder I needed such a big house),

Store the rest in two storage units near where my sisters live,