Hawaii Tradition to Hang Loose #AlohaFriday

White hibiscus - subtropical flower with 5 petals

There was a time when #AlohaFriday meant time to celebrate. "It's Aloha Friday, no work 'til Monday" are the catchy lyrics of a familiar song. But so many jobs today require shifting schedules and mandatory overtime that the term "weekend" could indicate not the traditional Saturday-Sunday, but Tuesday-Wednesday; or even worse, Monday/Thursday. And that's not taking into consideration work schedules of on-call Doctors and Nurses; Ambulance EMTs & Firefighters; Police Officers and Detectives.

#AlohaFriday also meant end-of-week casual wear, wearing an Aloha shirt (think Magnum P.I.) or a flowing dress/muumuu rather than business attire on the last workday of the week. Obviously, that applied to workers who did not wear more standard uniforms of the job.

Sending a shaka from Diamond Head on #AlohaFriday

For those working from home since the days of mandatory shutdowns, pajama bottoms were often the new #Alohawear most mornings. And many writers' schedules have always been sporadic at best.

I still like to celebrate #AlohaFriday, if for no other reason than "Who doesn't like to celebrate?" It's also a good way to remind myself to "hang loose!"

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