Happy Llama Tuesday

A holiday I invented and the happy ripple effect of it all

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Last year I was thinking how Tuesday’s are my favorite day because weekly podcasts I listen to are published that day. I had recently taken a trip to Target and found stickers. I use stickers to record writing rejections, to decorate my planner or to just brighten somebody’s day on a notecard. This day I had found Llama stickers like the image above. At first I thought a cartoon llama was an odd sticker to have but I thought they were fun. The little party hat seemed appropriate somehow. I was drawn to the llamas. At that point, I didn’t realize how much of a lasting effect the llama would have on my life.

On this Tuesday, I had been listening to Emily P. Freeman’s The Next Right Thing Podcast. She talks about #simplytuesday — the idea that Tuesday is a special day all its own.

It isn’t the beginning of the week — it isn’t hump day — it isn’t Friday Eve- it’s just a normal ordinary “do what you need to do” day. I decided it needed something special to liven it up that was my own. People make up holidays all the time so why not me? This was the day Llama Tuesday was born.

Llamas are a little ornery. They spit, they can be pretentious, and have a bit of an attitude. I think that Llamas and…