Top Five Ways to Beat Blue Monday

TL;DR Don’t panic. Overcome the Blue Monday, the third Monday of each year. Neither an advertising campaign, nor a pseudo-scientific formula, nor a societal event should influence you. Analyze the collected data, and be resilient to the seasonal blues.

Knowing that the year’s most depressing day is soon can be upsetting. No recurrent day will see everyone feeling depressed. However, periodic factors can contribute to defining the social climate of a society, where statistically, a significant proportion of the population suffers from depression compared to other moments.

Let’s understand the Blue Monday effect and how to go over it:

• 📜 History
• 🧮 Formulae
• 📊 Analysis
• 🪄 Tips

📜 History

Blue Monday is a day recognized as the most depressing day of the year, mainly because of the return to work and routine after a weekend and the end of the festivities of the previous year. It is the third Monday of January.

It was initially created by psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall in 2005 when he developed the concept as part of a marketing campaign for the now-defunct British company Sky Travel. It’s a fantastic example of how an advertising campaign can become embedded in cultural traditions.

🧮 Formulae

Dr. Cliff Arnall suggested a function that models how depressing each day of the year is. By…