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My once simple calendar was now loaded with all kinds of observances and holidays that mean nothing<\/em><\/strong> to me. There were literally hundreds of Civil Servants days. Obama Day? Librarians Day? 4 different wordings of Juneteenth? Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, National Indigenous Peoples Day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In some cases there were so many observances on a single day that the \u201cAll Day\u201d section of the calendar was saying +9 more because it couldn\u2019t display them all in the space provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were also duplicates\u2026 So Many<\/strong> duplicates! (I hate duplicate data.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Come on\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless it\u2019s a national holiday and therefore a day off from work, or the banks are closed. I don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a time when it was nice to see \u201cNational Secretaries Day\u201d but now, it\u2019s become easier to find a day without some observance or another than to pay attention to all the observances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s all become noise, a distraction. Is my calendar free for that day? Who can tell at a glance anymore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n After spending a few minutes trying to figure out the best way to flush all the random crap that had become meaningless. I decided instead to simply unsubscribe from what had once been a very useful service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My calendar took 2 minutes to reconcile itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it was done\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n AHHHHH! Once again at a glance, I can see my schedule without having to open the day to specifically check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My appointments, and mine alone show up. Their little green tags clearly show how much of my day they occupy. They\u2019re not being overwritten by events and observances that don\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My historical calendar is visible again. This is a calendar that I created years ago with neat facts about the day in history. Amelia Earharts take off, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the date of the Norman invasion, that kind of thing. In each of these entries notes section I\u2019d put detailed information about the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suddenly Anniversaries, Birthdays, and my stuff is all there, with the original color coding I\u2019d selected, instead of a muddy mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You know, it\u2019s not so hard to enter \u201cReal\u201d Holidays into my calendar. There are some that require special treatment, but it\u2019s a small price to pay for a clean readable schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what happens when you pander to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe we should pick just a few biggies and leave the rest to be observed by those who care?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where did all these observances come from? A while ago, I subscribed to an online Calendar that neatly stuck all the US holidays into my digital Calendar. It was nice at first. Everything that I wanted to know was there. I could plan long weekends and knew when it was likely to be a bad … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Calendar-\u2014-Month-\u2014-1-1-20-to-1-31-20-300x232.png\")
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