Blue Monday? Now I know.

Good news!

The most depressing day of the year is behind us.

Last Monday was Blue Monday, the third Monday of the year. And apparently also the most depressing day of the year.

I was not aware.

Until I met with a client at 5 pm that day during a video call. He mentioned that Blue Monday was almost over, and I had no clue what he was talking about.

I thanked him for giving me an idea for my next post, and he replied by expressing the wish to be part of my mailing list. So Blue Monday resulted in one new subscriber.

Happy Monday to me!

Then I did my not-so-sophisticated research, in this case, Wikipedia.

And I learned that Blue Monday is the most depressing day because of a formula that looks like this.

Good luck!

For your information. There are also different formulas available.

This formula uses many factors, including weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since new year’s resolutions have been broken, low motivational levels, and the feeling of a need to take action.