Happy One-Year "Anniversary"!

Talk about deja-vú!

Last year at this time, I was here in Texas, very excited about starting a new project called

Downsize your stuff - Upsize your life.

Exactly one year later, on December 30, 2013,  I look back at a year full of mixed emotions, new projects, lots of decluttering and tossing, reorganization and the like. The biggest thing I got rid of was the huge living room rug, the most annoying thing was a recliner that was uncomfortable, the most embarrassing were the new-looking magazines from 1999, the most enjoyable were the cute Christmas ornaments I gave to my students.

I've rechecked my finances, sold all my stocks.

I've started new hobbies and taken interesting trips.

I've upsized my "family feeling" by coming to Texas more often, taking care of my Mom and visiting with my brother and sister-in-law (and about a million Asian family members).

I've decided which seminars I am not going to teach again and have deleted one afternoon of teaching. I'll not be doing "group therapy" for social workers as much in 2014.

Milan, Sardinia and Capri are next on my Trip List. And I am giving a lecture series in Erfurt, Germany. I probably wouldn't have picked that city voluntarily otherwise.

My one huge failure is my weight. Wahhhh. At least I trained faithfully. So I have the firmest fat in Germany!!