Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Ok, some people might think its strange but something I have been doing for quite a few years now is a personal improvement project related to the model year schedule that Ma mopar typically kept in the muscle era.
Typically July 31/August 1 was the model year. Some cars had varied release dates but typically this was mostly kept as standard.
Presumably, product planners spent considerable time before planning the options and accessories and general layout of the next years model to keep pace with federal mandates and competition. And also they plan on which parts can be carried over to save a bit of re-tooling and production cost.
So how that relates to me is, every July 31/ August 1, I plan like a product planner how I am going to improve the next "year". With that goes considerable time planning the changes I can make to myself, some little, some big to enhance the next "year"
Some of the small changes include but not limited to:
A new hairstyle.
New style changes in clothes.
Maybe implement a new flavor of standard soda to keep the fridge stocked with.
Try to put a new habit such as exercise on the newly revised "option list"
Try to "discontinue" a bad habit.
More major changes include but not limited to:
I usually pick three people in my life who are not really doing me any good and they become "discontinued"
I also pick three people in my life who i feel should become a fixture on the "option list" and perhaps I should spend more with them and put more effort into the friendship.
Maybe start working on new goals and rid myself of previous goals made but maybe they are not working out for any number of reasons.
And of course, following the operation of the factory..... if a "new option" is not working out or something was forgotten, there is always "calendar year revisions" (Jan 1 ) and also "mid-year revisions" (usually 2nd or 3rd week in march) to add or drop a new idea.
So the new "model year" is just a few weeks away so no time like the present to get into "product planning" mode and roll out the new and improved me for 2015
Anyone else had any kind of similar self improvement ideas??
Typically July 31/August 1 was the model year. Some cars had varied release dates but typically this was mostly kept as standard.
Presumably, product planners spent considerable time before planning the options and accessories and general layout of the next years model to keep pace with federal mandates and competition. And also they plan on which parts can be carried over to save a bit of re-tooling and production cost.
So how that relates to me is, every July 31/ August 1, I plan like a product planner how I am going to improve the next "year". With that goes considerable time planning the changes I can make to myself, some little, some big to enhance the next "year"
Some of the small changes include but not limited to:
A new hairstyle.
New style changes in clothes.
Maybe implement a new flavor of standard soda to keep the fridge stocked with.
Try to put a new habit such as exercise on the newly revised "option list"
Try to "discontinue" a bad habit.
More major changes include but not limited to:
I usually pick three people in my life who are not really doing me any good and they become "discontinued"
I also pick three people in my life who i feel should become a fixture on the "option list" and perhaps I should spend more with them and put more effort into the friendship.
Maybe start working on new goals and rid myself of previous goals made but maybe they are not working out for any number of reasons.
And of course, following the operation of the factory..... if a "new option" is not working out or something was forgotten, there is always "calendar year revisions" (Jan 1 ) and also "mid-year revisions" (usually 2nd or 3rd week in march) to add or drop a new idea.
So the new "model year" is just a few weeks away so no time like the present to get into "product planning" mode and roll out the new and improved me for 2015
Anyone else had any kind of similar self improvement ideas??
