When I was a kid, I thought it was cool how the days of the week got their names. As an adult, I know that names are powerful. Like, how knowing someone's or something's true name gives you power over it.
Just look at how every conquering empire renamed the days of the week. The Greeks named them to honor the gods as they knew them: the sun, the moon and the five known planets. When the Romans took power, they used their own gods' names in place of the Greek ones. And the Germanic peoples did the same. So here we are, 2000 years later, with our very own days named for Roman, Greek, Latin, Germanic, Old English and Middle English gods. I say, enough.
It's time to seize the days!
We may choose different names for ourselves, but we are all of like mind. Whether we are EXer's, Exians, non-smokers, the Smoke Free peoples or Anti-nicodemonians, lets claim our days! Using traditional Greek, Latin, Germanic, Old English and Middle English symbolism of course, since we're tight on time. Here are a few suggestions of EX names for the days of the week:
Sunday day of life and freedom live free from nicotine day liveday
Monday intuition wise up day wiseday
Tuesday fearless warrior confident and courageous day daringday
Wednesday change, travel the quit journey day questday
Thursday thunder, defender keep your quit safe day keepday
Friday love, beauty, freedom be free day freeday
Saturday renewal and liberation new me day newday
We can even add EXdays to the list below:
Sunday -- Sun's day
Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun"
Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun"
Latin dies solis "day of the sun"
Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"
Monday -- Moon's day
Middle English monday or mone(n)day
Old English mon(an)dæg "day of the moon"
Latin dies lunae "day of the moon"
Ancient Greek hemera selenes "day of the moon"
Tuesday -- Tiu's day (Norse god of war)
Middle English tiwesday or tewesday
Old English tiwesdæg "Tiw's (Tiu's) day"
Latin dies Martis "day of Mars"
Ancient Greek hemera Areos "day of Ares"
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Middle English wodnesday, wednesday, or wednesdai
Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day"
Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury"
Ancient Greek hemera Hermu "day of Hermes"
Friday -- Freya's day
Middle English fridai
Old English frigedæg "Freya's day"
Germanic frije-dagaz "Freya's (or Frigg's) day"
Latin dies Veneris "Venus's day"
Ancient Greek hemera Aphrodites "day of Aphrodite"
Saturday -- Saturn's day
Middle English saterday
Old English sæter(nes)dæg "Saturn's day"
Latin dies Saturni "day of Saturn"
Ancient Greek hemera Khronu "day of Cronus"
Have a great day!
Seize the day*
Seize the Day!
SEIZE THE DAY
