A month ends today........tomorrow another starts. Only one day - really no different than the one before or before that, or the day next or next or next.
Yet it is recognized as meaningful - August becomes September, the 8th month becomes the 9th. We report activities for each month with clockwork precision following the Gregorian Calendar adopted over 400 years ago. Financial, operational, everything - segmented into a discrete period of time. We compare this months activities to the previous month and to the same month one year ago; we aggregate months and compare them to the past.
Yet to the folks doing the work - this day is no different that the one before or the one to come next. They just get the work done - the outcome is what is important. Pick up the trash, put out the fire, fix the leak, serve a customer. They know what is really important - and leave the reporting to us.
