Calendar Addiction

​Cultural anthropologist teaches us that the calendar evolved from the development of agriculture.  It was important to understand the seasons and keep track of the right time to plant, nurture and then harvest various crops.  Early man’s survival depended on observing the passage of time to grow food.
The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC.  Caesar is credited with dividing the year into 12 months with 365 days and a “leap day” every four years.  While accurate in the short term over time it lost about 10 days in a year.  More important for Christians, the Julian calendar couldn’t be used to determine an accurate date for Easter.
In 1582 Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar to correct the errors in the Julian calendar.  The biggest change in the Gregorian calendar was that it eliminated 10 days from the calendar.  The day following October 4, 1582 became October 15, 1582 – the day the Gregorian calendar was officially adopted.  All Christian nations adopted the new Gregorian calendar which also provided a method of determining the date for Easter.
That’s probably more than you wanted to know about calendars.  My point is that my life revolves around a calendar.  I set dates for everything and I order my life around the dates on the calendar.  For example, I decided to write a blog every Wednesday – ate on a calendar.  I know I will devote time every Wednesday morning to blogging.  Meetings are on my calendar.  Important family dates – birthdays/anniversaries etc. are on my calendar.  Every morning I review my calendar to determine what activity I need to be doing.  It’s my way of creating order out of chaos.