39 & Holding DAY™ MAR 22nd

The 39 and Holding Club is proud to announce and sponsor an official “39 and Holding Day”! Add this date to your calendar: March 22^nd. (Same date every year.) 

Trust me, it was difficult to decide on just one day of the calendar. After all, people turn 39 every day of every year! However …

39 and Holding Day is officially MARCH 22^nd (regardless of what day of the week it falls on)! Why? Well ... 

March 22^nd is a great way to begin Spring, which generally falls a day or two before. As a line in our favorite song says, “You Make Me Feel So Young,” and proclaims, ♪ You make me feel so spring has sprung ...  

I scanned calendars for the perfect day, at first, gravitating toward February 14^th, because it’s Jack Benny’s birthday! If you’ve roamed our site at all, you know the funnyman is credited with first eschewing turning 40 because, “There is nothing funny about 40. I am ‘39 and holding’!” Additionally, Valentine's Day leads a long list of other celebrations for this date. I wanted to make it special, just for you!

Life is busy. And sometimes as we grow older, we “forget” to stay young in mind and heart. The 39 and Holding Club website has been around since 2008, reminding those "of a certain age" that life isn't over at 40! We believe no one should ever feel “old.” Wiser and perhaps mellower, but still full of wit and wonder. March 22nd marks a collective day to applaud our forever-young-at-heart ATT-i-tude!

Although you can peruse a unique monthly blog full of fun and facts with other "special day" calendar features for more reasons to celebrate, until 2023, we haven’t had our own day to party as a whole, irrespective of individual viewers’ 39 & Holding birthdays.

March 22^nd’s 39 and Holding Day was established so we can celebrate our youthful attitudes together, whether just turning (40—gasp!) or enjoying yet another 39 and Holding year. And there is another fun reason for this date ...

See our original proclamation in the March 2022 issue of the 39 and Holding Club blog. In addition to our favorite song, we love the classic movie As Young As You Feel (a 1951 throwback that features "bit player" and youthful starlet, Marilyn Monroe), along with a calendar listing of the same name, that gave us the idea for this date! The listing doesn't have an official link, so we adopted it!

Ah, I had such grand plans for a truly splashy celebration in 2023; alas, life got in the way and the Universe saw my life in a different lens. Even the blog suffered without postings from November 2022 until the March 2023 edition finally posted. 2025 is the first true year of the March 22nd celebration, with a small event in San Diego (on March 21st--only date the venue was available).  

If you want to chat with us about the blog or aging with ATTitude, our "X" account @39HoldingClub, posts periodic updates and is always available to engage. 

This year, get together and hold your own 39 and Holding Day, virtually, or in your local neighborhood. Celebrate YOUR life lessons and the importance of self-worth at every age.

I know it’s just another excuse to have fun ... that’s the whole idea! Youth is a state of mind. And what’s more youthful than having fun?!

Please feel free to contact me with questions or comments …

 

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