A friend asked me, so what is up with the Elvis New Year?Well the answer is two fold.
First, Elvis is the King. I say he deserves his own holiday. On January 8th of this year Elvis will turn 73—you know Elvis still lives don't you :-)
I'm really not that big of an Elvis nut. I have never been to Graceland and don't have any collectibles. I just have several good memories going out to celebrate his birthday with friends. That was back in the day when we looked for any reason to go out and hit the clubs. I even met my wife 20 years ago on that date while celebrating his birthday.
The second reason is that the 8th is a very convenient date for me. The end of the year is always very hectic. There is no time to do planning. When it comes to resolutions (and goals in general) I firmly believe that you need time to sit down and think, discuss, and plan. Michele and I tried to take some time away last week to spend a couple of hours to go over our goals. Well due to problems at home we never got the time we needed. We finally were able to carve out 15 minutes of time to sit and talk and I jokingly said, well you don't need more than 15 minutes to plan an entire year. How about "be good to myself and others!" There Done, easy peasy.
Honestly, If I can just do the above statement, my world and those around me would be much better. But I need to write things down. Since I'm an INTJ, I feel I make better progress towards my goals if I can write them down. It also helps me to pre-visualize my goals, which usually helps to guarantee success.
One added bonus of postponing my goal setting process is that I get to see everyone else's plans and resolutions while I build mine. I just listened to Martin's Podcast Episode #119 and it already gave me some great ideas for goals this year. So here it is the 2nd and I feel comfortable taking the time I need to get my thoughts inline before the "King's" birthday.
