Blue Monday: The unhappiest day of the year
If you are feeling a little down then you can take solace in the thought that things are unlikely to get any worse. Today, say experts, is the unhappiest day in the entire year. Unpaid Christmas bills, nasty weather, and failed New Year’s resolutions combine to make January 22 the gloomiest in the calendar.
OK, so the weather’s been grey, cold, and dreary. We haven’t seen the sun in what seems like dog-years. Christmas is over, the next decent holiday (at least one that I get off) is Memorial Day, and I need a vacation. Other than that, life’s a &^%$#@! cakewalk.
This time of year, with the short days and the long holiday-bereft span, things seem a bit bleak. Combine that with the cold, dreary weather, and the fact that today is Monday…and I probably don’t have to elaborate, since I seriously doubt I’m the only one feeling this way.
At least now I can blame my malaise on something other than my own ennui, lethargy, and inertia. Thank God for science, because now I no longer have to take personal responsibility for my crappy frame of mind. Yes, now I have something I can attribute all of this to. This doesn’t necessarily make me feel any better, but at least I can defer actually doing something, because I can piss and moan about unseen outside forces conspiring against me.
Man, I just LOVE science….
