17 Ways You Can Beat the Blues
Everyone can suffer from feeling gloomy occasionally, but these scientifically proven tips might help.
At the time of writing, it’s just 3 days away from what is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year — Blue Monday. It falls on the third Monday in January, which makes it the 18th this year. There’s even a scientific formula for it.
[W+(D-d)]xTQ/MxNA
Or better explained as:
[(W)weather+(D)debt-(d)monthly salary] x (T)time since Christmas (Q)time since failure of attempt to give something up/(M)low motivational level x (NA) the need to take action
If you’re anything like me though then you don’t like formulas telling you how you should feel — this is probably why I love January. Actually, it’s rare that I feel down at all, and I attribute this to my happiness journal.
My happiness journal contains hundreds of (big and small) things that make me happy. Not only do I read it daily but I also make sure I do one, two, or more of the things in it daily too. Many of them have been scientifically shown to lift your mood and the others are ones I’ve vigorously tested myself over the years and are a guaranteed way to make me smile, and hopefully, make you smile too.
