Learn a Word Day - This is a fairly simple day to celebrate. All you have to do is learn a new word. If you are a Reader’s Digest fan, you already know about the Word Power section where I always find at least 2 words that are new to me. So this should be pretty easy.
National Dictionary Day – On this day in 1758, Noah Webster was born. Mr. Webster, of course, was a teacher, author, rabid speller and the creator of the dictionary. Happy Birfday Mr. Webster! Wait, how do you spell that again? I guess I'll have to look it up. This day fits in very nicely with Learn a Word Day, doesn’t it?
National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day - This day comes just in time for the holiday season. It was created by James E. Stowers and is intended to help consumers by making them less reliant on plastic for their holiday shopping. Use cash or debit cards this season and only buy what you can afford to pay for. That way, come January, you won’t have a mountain of debt that you will have to try to figure out how to pay.
National Feral Cat Day – Created in 2001 by the Alley Cat Allies, this is a day to raise awareness about feral cats. Many feral cats are cared for by people who worry about their well being. Whenever possible, many people try to capture them, neuter them and then return them to their territories if they are not good candidates for adoption.
National Department Store Day - This is a day to celebrate brick and mortar department stores. Not the online shopping that is so common these days. These are the places you can go to actually touch the merchandise before you buy it and bring it home so that you can make an informed decision about whether it is right for you or someone else. You can try on the clothes, look at the color, match the color with something if needed. Holiday shopping is almost upon us (except for the early birds who are just about done) and the stores have probably already started putting out the holiday decorations.
National Liqueur Day - A Liqueur is a strong alcoholic beverage that has been flavored in some way with spices or fruits or such. It used to be used for medicine back in the day...well, many days as that form of medicine was used for hundreds of years or more.
World Spine Day - This is a day to spread knowledge of how to keep your back in good shape to keep good spinal health and to prevent injuries at work or home. The theme this year is “Your Back In Action.” I think most of us have experienced having back problems at one time or another. Hopefully for most of you they were quickly resolved through stretching, a chiropractic adjustment or medication. If not, you know how debilitating the pain can be. So let’s all learn how to keep our backs healthy and in good working order.
World Food Day – On this day in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded. The goal of this organization is to work to eradicate hunger in the world. Most hunger is not because of a lack of food in the world, but a lack of access to resources needed to thrive.
Multicultural Diversity Day - Also on the third Monday in October, this day was created by Cleorah Scruggs from Flint, Michigan, and adopted by the Representative Assembly in 1993. It is a day to share your culture with others and to be receptive when others share their cultures with you.
International Adjust Your Chair Day - Celebrated on the third Monday in October, this is a day to save yourself a lot of back problems by making sure your chair is adjusted properly. Lots of people just plop down in their office chair every day and start working away at a computer. But if your chair is not adjusted properly for you, you could be causing yourself a world of hurt in the long run. It’s worth the few minutes needed to adjust it so you are sitting in an ergonomically correct position for your body. You want both feet on the floor and to be high enough that your arms bend comfortably at the elbows for typing. And make sure you are looking straight ahead at your computer screen and not looking up or down. I have my chair adjusted well, but my computer screen is too low so I put it up on a dictionary. Who uses dictionaries nowadays anyway?
Boss's Day (or National Boss's Day) – This is a day to celebrate your Boss. Maybe give them a small, tasteful gift, or invite them out for lunch, or simply wish them a Happy Day today. This day has been celebrated since 1958 when Patricia Bays Haroski selected it to honor her boss at the Illinois State Farm Insurance Company. Her boss also happened to be her father and this was his birthday. This day is always on October 16th, unless that day falls on a weekend in which case it is celebrated on the day before or the day after.
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day – Celebrated on the third Monday of October, this is a day to look at your computer desktop. How many icons do you have on there that you don't even use...ever! Can you even see your desktop picture? Can you quickly find what you need when you need it? Depending on your answers to these questions, you may need to take some time today to clean up your desktop so that you can work more effectively and efficiently.
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