Happy New Year, everyone!

As one who likes to examine numbers and describe interesting attributes of such, I would be remiss if I did not mention yesterday’s date: 12/31/23. That’s 123123. Awesome.

Today’s not a bad one either: 1/1/24. Not only is it New Year’s Day it’s also an addition problem: 1+1+2=4.

And New Year’s on a Monday? Yes, please. Every year should start on a Monday, right? Every week starts with a Monday, so why not every month and every year? It fits the whole Monday-holiday thing too.

Moses B. Cotsworth proposed something along these lines in 1902, the “Cotsworth plan” or “Cotsworth calendar,” later adopted by the Eastman Kodak Company and employed in its offices until 1989. Sometimes called the Eastman plan, the “International Fixed Calendar” had 13 months of 28 days each, with every date fixed to a particular day of the week. My birthday, June 7, would always be on a Saturday, which is kind of cool. Less cool was that Cotsworth started his weeks and months on Sunday, not Monday, rendering the whole thing silly.

The trick is making every day awesome, regardless of the date or day of the week.

And that’s my only New Year’s resolution this year.