Wednesday Why - Single on Valentine's Day?

Today's Wednesday Why features an article I wrote yesterday, Single on Valentine's Day? Suite 101 has a couple of contests for January up right now, one where you write 14 articles in 14 days (I think my brain would explode...although there are people who write like, 5 articles a day! Crazy!) and a Valentine's Day one. When I first read about the contest, I thought, "What can I write about Valentine's Day? I'm perpetually single." And then I thought, "Wait, I'm single on Valentine's Day. I'm sure other people are, too. I can write about that!"

And thus an article was born.

This one was really fun to write, because basically I just pulled ideas out of my head about what I would like to do on Valentine's Day. Of course, the only one I ever do is the second one. (Apparently, I only befriend people who are in relationships or who hate Valentine's Day. I personally like Valentine's Day, even though I never have a Valentine. I just like to celebrate things, I guess.) Maybe some day I will have enough single friends who don't hate this holiday and will be able to try out a few of these ideas.

(Side note: Ever notice how Valentine's Day is the only holiday that people truly hate? Some people get riled up about it. No other holiday is hated as much as Valentine's Day. I blame marketers. They make people feel bad for not being in a relationship. Jerks. I'd feel bad about not being in a relationship, but I never find anyone who is worth my time and effort, so I'm pretty content with the single life.)

It was nice to write an article without having to research and take notes and all the prep work I usually go through. I basically just wrote, did some keyword research, edited, and published. The only headache was finding the proper category to put it it. (Dear Suite, please make a holiday category. Thanks!) I finally put it under Personal Development because it was the only thing that seemed completely appropriate. Parts of the article could have fit under Entertaining or Dating, but not all of it. But other than that, it was probably the easiest (and most fun!) article to write so far.

In other news, my head has been pounding all day. Nothing is helping. I'm thinking about a brain transplant.