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No Longer Arguing for My Limitations
Today is Labor Day in the United States. We are winding down our Labor Day Weekend celebrations and summer is coming unofficially to its end. With only 115 days left in this year of 2020 it’s an excellent time to reflect and review in anticipation of what is to come in our near future.
I can’t remember when I first became aware of the first Monday in September as being a national holiday, but since I left the work force in 2006 and started my own business working online as an author and an entrepreneur this has become a more meaningful day for me. Growing up in southern California and south Florida Labor Day signified the day before the new school year began. When I began working in restaurants and retail stores as a teenager it was just another day. Once I graduated from college and worked at jobs in banking, insurance, and finally in education, Labor Day was a day off with pay and invitations to outdoor gatherings with friends, family, and co-workers.
At some point I came to the realization that this day was intended to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the work and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States as a whole. When I did some research for this article I learned that first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in connection with the Central…
