The other day a friend reminded me that it will soon be February, and that this is the month in which we all need to make do with fewer days. So I've decided to provide some tips to my readers on how to conserve days:

1) If you take a "personal day" off from work, share it with somebody.

2) Don't waste days in idle conversation. For example, don't use the expression "one of these days", which uses up multiple days at once; instead try saying "someday", which only uses one day.

3) Try emailing someone in Hawaii, where the day is younger -- you can gain many useful hours this way!

4) Install a "daybed" in your parlor so the day can take a mid-day rest, save its strength, and hopefully stay up a little later.

5) Take down those "day-glo" posters from your wall -- these psychedelic prints use up a lot of raw "day" to make their "day-glo" colors.

6) Avoid products that waste days in trademarked names like Day-Timer, DayRunner, etc. And try not to stay at a Days Inn.