January 9, 2023 - National Clean Off Your Desk Day | National Balloon Ascension Day

Welcome to January 9th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate clearing space and reaching great heights. Anna: Marlo, I know you don’t make New Year’s resolutions but I have a challenge for you right now, can you see the top of your desk? Marlo: Kind of. Anna: Well, you know I've heard this new thing about feng shui that if you're living in a messy world you're just going to feel more messy. I actually took that to heart and switched things up. John: Okay you're officially a weirdo. Anna: Okay but hear this out; if you look at your quadrants in your house my office is in the wealth corner and it was an absolute mess like a year ago and I'm cleaning that up and things are happening. I'm just saying. Marlo: You have quadrants in your house? Anna: Yeah, Yeah I could come over and read your office, Marlo... John: They don't have Visas though, Marlo. Marlo: That's good to know. Anna: On National Clean Off Your Desk Day find out how much more productive you are with a little less clutter. The first manned balloon flight in America took place on January 9, 1793. Jean Pierre Blanchard, ascended to a height of nearly 6,000 feet in a hydrogen filled balloon and then made a successful landing in New Jersey. Almost 200 years later, another aeronaut made a spectacular, but less famous flight in California. Larry Walters attached 42 weather balloons to an aluminum lawn chair, pumped them full of helium and sailed off into the air. Unfortunately, he had not planned his flight very carefully and soon found himself 16,000 feet above the ground. Walters stayed there for nearly 2 hours before he got cold and descended by popping balloons with a pellet gun. On National Balloon Ascension Day, celebrate by taking a balloon ride but please leave the piloting to the professionals. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices