I went through an incredible amount of change in 2023:

• I had a 5-year relationship turn sour, become exceptionally damaging, and finally end.
• At the same time, I was hiring my replacement at work and slowly stepping aside.
• I sold my home privately, including almost all of my remaining possessions within it.
• I moved away from my hometown and province for the first time ever, to a small mountain town, by myself.
• I left the agency I founded and ran for the last 15 years, with no current work plans.
• I met someone and started a new relationship.

And through all that change, I learned a lot. Some of the learnings are direct and personal; others have come to me from places like stoicism, and so forth. Regardless of how they came to be, here are 14 lessons I learned in 2023: