A Day to Celebrate

A Day to Celebrate

If you look at a yearly calendar, you will find certain celebratory dates that are on pretty much all of them. Valentine’s Day, Easter, Passover, Mothers  Day, Memorial Day, Fathers Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah. I’m sure that there are more. For all these days, there is pre-planning that needs to be done, expectations of foods to be served, possibly presents to give. You get the idea. 

You would think that these few celebratory dates would be enough. Not so fast. If you search the web, you can find a celebratory event for every day of the year. Here are just a few for the year 2019: Jan. 4- National Spaghetti Day, Feb. 6 – National Chopsticks Day, March 14 – National Pi Day, April 7 – National Beer Day, May 17 – National Bike to Work Day, June 24 – International Fairy (or Faery) Day, July 6 – International Kissing Day, Aug.5 – National Underwear Day, Sept. 12 – National Video Games Day, Oct. 22 – National Nut Day, Nov. 16th – National Fast Food Day, and Dec. 14 – International Monkey Day.  You can find them all at http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/. As you can see there is not a day in the year that there is not something that we must do, plan for and celebrate. 

With that in mind, I see no reason not to declare a new day for celebration: International Do Nothing day. This day is perfect for those of us that are tired of celebrating every minuscule event or trivial food or action that is done and those of us that spend our money to continue to support the Hallmark, and the like, card industry.

IDND is simple to celebrate. Do whatever you want.  It can be on your own or with others. You will not be held accountable for anything that was supposed to be done that day, not at work and not at home. And it’s international, that means that wherever you are in the world it is accepted and celebrated. Here’s the good part: Since scheduled celebrations are one of the major factors in stress and annoyance, International Do Nothing Day is not scheduled. You may declare it any day of the year you want, and it can’t be held against you.

Some celebratory holidays have songs that go with them: Christmas has its carols, New Year’s has Auld Lang Syne, birthdays have “Happy birthday”, Memorial and Veterans day have their marches, etc.  Well, you’ll be pleased to know that International Do Nothing day has it’s own song also:

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International Do Nothing Day

Sung to the tune of Nowhere Man by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

It’s a real nothing day

No have-to’s, just time to play

Celebrate in your own way with nobody.

Read a book or maybe two

Write your memoir when you’re through

Take a nap or hang out with your somebody.

Chorus

Let it go. Don’t do it

It’s your time, renew it

Spend your day

With nothing at all to stand in your way

Blank your mind of things to do

One day late will not hurt you

Nothing is expected of us all

Chorus

Let the world just pass on by

Today’s the day no need to try

Do nothing day is meant for you and me

Tag

Do nothing day is meant for you and me.

Do nothing day is meant for you and me!

So I say, let’s all band together and get our nations to proclaim to the world that they should establish, International Do Nothing day! I’d love to help you, but today, I’m celebrating my Do Nothing Day and I have other things planned. 

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If you would like to hear the song click here: International Do Nothing Day theme