December 8, 2009
We've not even got past Christmas and New Year yet, but the most depressing day of 2010 has already been identified. Something to look forward to then...
Picture the scene: It's January, Christmas is a distant memory, the credit card bills are hitting the doormat, the days are shorter, you've broken all your New Year's resolutions already, you feel de-motivated. Take heart, this is as bad as it will get: it's Blue Monday.
Psychologist Cliff Arnall has calculated that Monday 18 January will be the most depressed day of 2010, known as 'Blue Monday'. His formula uses six factors to calculate the day of the year on which people are most likely to be depressed: the weather conditions, debt level, the time since Christmas, the time since failing to keep our resolutions, low motivation levels and the pressure to take action.
Conversely Cliff, (owner of the world's most poorly designed website) says Friday 18 June 2010 will be the happiest day of the year. No idea why, it just is OK? Guru has checked and England are playing Algeria in the World Cup that day. A victory will indeed make the nation happy.
Picture the scene: It's January, Christmas is a distant memory, the credit card bills are hitting the doormat, the days are shorter, you've broken all your New Year's resolutions already, you feel de-motivated. Take heart, this is as bad as it will get: it's Blue Monday.
Psychologist Cliff Arnall has calculated that Monday 18 January will be the most depressed day of 2010, known as 'Blue Monday'. His formula uses six factors to calculate the day of the year on which people are most likely to be depressed: the weather conditions, debt level, the time since Christmas, the time since failing to keep our resolutions, low motivation levels and the pressure to take action.
Conversely Cliff, (owner of the world's most poorly designed website) says Friday 18 June 2010 will be the happiest day of the year. No idea why, it just is OK? Guru has checked and England are playing Algeria in the World Cup that day. A victory will indeed make the nation happy.
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Comments (2)
Don't fall for this scam!
"The most depressing day" was invented by a PR company to make us buy more stuff we don't need. Story here: http://wp.me/pmzBS-fA
Which is depressing in itself. This "formula" has no basis in science. It was designed to help consumer PR agencies, no one else.
Posted by timsvengali | January 18, 2010 11:26 PM
Posted on January 18, 2010 23:26
There has to be something to this. I was truly so inexplicibly depressed yesterday I didn't even get out of bed. I didn't know why I was so paralized with depression but I was. Guru knows something.
Posted by Kaye | January 19, 2010 4:59 PM
Posted on January 19, 2010 16:59