I challenge you to:

• Eat a meatless meal.  (Vegetarian Day, 1)
• Read a classic you’ve never read. (Great Books Week, 2-8)
• Smile at a stranger. (Smile Day, 7)
• Listen music. (Music Day, 8)
• Bake cupcakes in honor of the babies that were never born. (Pro-Life Cupcake Day, 9)
• Do something special for your pastor.  (Pastor Appreciation Day, 9; Pastoral Care Week, 23-29)
• If you’re in the U.S., work with the metric system for a day.  (Metric Week, 9-15) (The rest of you are already in countries smart enough to do this every day!)
• Help your children set goals for themselves.  (Kids’ Goal-Setting Week, 10-14)
• Avoid complaining.  (Grouch Day, 15)
• Do something special for your husband.  (Bosses’ Day, 17)
• Decorate a cake.  (Cake Decorating Day, 17)
• Get all the excess icons off of your computer “desktop.” (Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, 17)
• Donate to your local food bank.  (Food Bank Week, 16-22)
• Ask yourself whether your life and your stated priorities match.  (Evaluate Your Life Day, 19)
• Buy something local.  (Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce, 20)
• Send a card to your mother-in-law.  (Mother-in-Law Day, 23)
• Make a checklist.  (Checklist Day, 30)  (If you create a new checklist that many people might be able to benefit from, and you’re a blogger, consider posting it to your blog.)
• If your church has a library, donate a book, or donate your time to get it in order.  (Church Library Month)
• Buy something fair trade.  (Fair Trade Month)
• Visit a local attraction you’ve never been to because you “can go anytime.” (Go on a Field Trip Month)

If they are on your list, this might be a good month to focus on these goals:

• Add vegetarian meals to your repertoire.  (Vegetarian Day, 1)
• Cut back on salt and/or exchange your table salt for unrefined sea salt.  (No Salt Week, 3-10)
• Have health tests done.  (Health Literacy Month)
• Try new baking recipes and/or decorate your house.  (Bake & Decorate Month)
• Read something on your to-read list. (Book Month)
• Make an appointment with the dentist. (Dental Hygiene Month)
• Get your medical information in order.  (Organize Your Medical Information Month)
• Work on growing your business.  (Self-Promotion Month)
• Eat more greens.  (Spinach Lovers’ Month)

(What this is all about.)