Jul 21 2008
Weird Summer Holidays: Time-Management Tools?
At Twing, we think a lot about time-management. Your time-management, that is. That’s because for a Twing search to be worth your time, its results have to save you time finding the forums you need.
While we’re on the subject of time: How do you manage your time, anyway?
Time-management, for me, starts with wearing a watch. Heck, I’d never get anything accomplished without that. Or, for that matter, without setting an alarm clock to wake me in the morning. Come to think of it, I’m reliant on Outlook as my electronic organizer. Actually, I have to sync it with my cell phone and schedule alerts to keep me on task during the day, too. (Search Twing for forums that discuss time-management tips and tools.)
Even if you don’t rely on an army of time-management devices like I do, most people require some sort of organizing principle to navigate their way through time: Sunrise, sunset. Winter, spring, summer, fall. And holidays! For most of the year, major holidays are spaced out with just weeks in between them, making holidays a natural measure of time. Until you get to the third week in July, that is.
Right about now, Independence Day is comfortably behind us and yet there’s not another holiday to look forward to until Labor Day comes in September. Could this be right? I searched Twing to see if there are holidays between now and Labor Day that I might be overlooking, and should be looking forward to. Turns out, there are a ton of weird summer holidays that have people talking. Check out the list below, then make your own decisions about which ones are worth your, um, time to observe.
July 22: Ratcatchers’s Day
July 23: National Vanilla ice Cream Day
July 24: Amelia Earhart Day
July 25: Threading the Needle Day
July 27: Take your Pants for a Walk Day
July 28: National Milk Chocolate Day
July 30: National Cheesecake Day
July 31: Parent’s Day
August 1: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 3: National Sisters Day, International Forgiveness Day, Friendship Day
August 4: Twins Day Festival, U.S. Coast Guard Day
August 5: National Mustard Day, Work Like a Dog Day
August 6: Wiggle Your Toes Day
August 7: Sea Serpent Day, Daughter’s Day, National Lighthouse Day
August 8: Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night
August 9: Book Lover’s Day
August 10: Lazy Day, National S’mores Day
August 11: Presidential Joke Day, Son and Daughter Day
August 12: Middle Child’s Day
August 13: Left Hander’s Day
August 14: National Creamsicle Day
August 15: National Relaxation Day
August 16: National Tell a Joke Day
August 17: National Thriftshop Day
August 18: Bad Poetry Day
August 19: Aviation Day
August 20: National Radio Day
August 21: Senior Citizen’s Day
August 22: Be an Angel Day, National Tooth Fairy Day
August 23: Ride the Wind Day
August 24: Vesuvius Day
August 25: Kiss and Make Up Day
August 26: National Dog Day
August 27: Global Forgiveness Day, Just Because Day
August 28: World Sauntering Day
August 29: More Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 30: National Toasted Marshmallow Day, Frankenstein Day
August 31: National Trail Mix Day
