People look forward to holidays and enjoy them when they arrive. On holidays, everyone is a little nicer to one another. On holidays, we are more grateful, spend more time with our friends and loved ones. Holidays are rare and are meant to be special but what if every day was a holiday? Would this make everyone happier more often because people would actually think that this day is special or would it make holidays a moot point? Most people would say the latter. And to an extent I agree however in era where positive thinking is harped on, treating every day like a holiday may not be such a bad thing.
Some people may tell you to "Live every day like it is a fun one that you have been looking forward to for weeks. Treat every day like it is special because it is special." All true but that is much easier said than done. So my suggestion is to pick a few extra holidays and sprinkle them around the times where there are no major ones just so you can get that feeling of excitement and happiness that you do on Christmas.
Get excited to see your friends just like you may be looking forward to Halloween.
Some of my personal favorite random holidays include (but are not limited to):
Compliment Day - January 24:
This holiday started in 1998 and seems like a good day to
International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day - First Saturday of February:
Did not know this was a thing until I started researching for this article but you better be sure that I will be celebrating this next year.
National Pizza Day - February 9th:
Not only do I love pizza but this happens to fall on my birthday! So I had to include it.
Waffle Day - March 25th:
Clearly, I am liking all the food holidays!
National Joke Day - July 1st:
April fool's day isn't enough, you get another chance to joke around with people. The day after is "I forgot day"; I think that this is probably because you will forget most of the jokes you hear.
August is a very friendly month:
Every week in August has a wonderful theme:
- Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
- Week 2 National Smile Week
- Week 3 Friendship Week
- Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week
These holidays are just wonderful ways to remind people to practice these positive actions.
National Ice Cream Day - December 13th:
I would not personally expect that National Ice Cream Day would be in the winter but turns out that is in the middle of the cold that we celebrate our favorite cold treat!
Some of the randomest holidays I found included National Nothing Day, National Male Watchers Day (which sounds a little creepy to be honest),
If you are look for a fun way to celebrate the day here is a website that will allow you to pick any day of the year and see which holidays fall on it?
http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/index.htm
Browse and celebrate at your leisure. Also check out some apps that have daily holidays on those too!
