National Be On-Purpose Month

January may be almost over, but it's not too late to celebrate the true meaning of this month - National Be On-Purpose Month, that is. I find this name unsettlingly vague - be what on purpose? How? And toward what purpose, exactly, are you supposed to be? By the time you're done answering all these questions, the time to be is no longer at hand, and you're left holding a customized laundry bag - a bag full of an assortment of your old, useless purposes, that is.

All existential doubt aside, National Be On-Purpose Month was (surprise!) founded by the CEO of a company called On-Purpose Partners, which publishes books and supplies life coaches and motivational speakers to help you, too, be on-purpose. They even have a social network for all the on-purpose entities to get together and be. Something about all of this smacks of subliminal messaging, but maybe that's just me...

Shameless self-promotion tip #1: Why waste your time with dinky little "holidays" when you can take over a whole month? In fact, get yourself a personalized calendar and take over the year, purposefully! Now get out there and be - and make sure you do it on purpose!!