Today is Administrative Professionals Day. I just said, “Happy Administrative Professionals Day” to my Administrative Assistant and I realized that that is a lot of syllables. I think I’ll just call it AP Day from here on out. AP Day really began its life as National Secretaries Week which was started in 1952. The Wednesday of the week was National Secretaries Day. It was changed to Professional Secretaries Week in 1981 and finally to Administrative Professionals Week in 2000. (Wikipedia)
I was thinking this morning, while I was out buying flowers, about our tendency to create days where we honor people that we should honor all the time. We have both Mother and Father’s Days. We have Grandparent’s Day. Aunt and Uncles Day is July 26th, in case you weren’t tracking that one. It’s one of my favorites, although I never seem to get a gift. We have Teachers Day. Veteran’s Day is a big one, and it’s separate from Armed Forces Day. There is Boss’s Day, but who really cares? We even have Children’s Day. It’s celebrated on November 20th, although I think every day is children’s day. (I can’t seem to make that sound as sarcastic as I mean it.)
I don’t think there is anything wrong with having all of these days. They are a good reminder that you should appreciate those around you. I would encourage you to try and do it all year long though. Don’t wait until the special day comes to do something nice for your Uncle.
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