Tuesday, January 23, 2007
It’s All Uphill From Here
byYesterday you presumably survived Blue Monday, mathematically the most depressing day of the year. At least that’s what Dr. Cliff Arnall at the University of Cardiff in Wales purports in this story at MSNBC. According to Arnall’s formula — and it is precisely that — yesterday was the day when post-holiday debt, disagreeable winter weather, and broken New Year’s resolutions all culminated in a nadir for the human spirit. But if yesterday was the low point, that should mean it’s all uphill from this point on.
Being in marketing, we’d naturally suggest the perfect prescription for the symptoms of Blue Monday is to use some plastic and go buy something immediately. Go ahead; do it. I know, I know...holiday debt is already part of the cause for Blue Monday, but if you buy something now, you’ll feel better right away and you probably won’t have to pay for it until you’re more prepared to handle the situation in the brighter, warmer and more cheerful days of spring. It’s sort of a hair-of-the-dog remedy.
Or, for a more complicated approach to this low point of funk, you could try following the advice of the world’s happiest man (story here). However, becoming a monk seems like it could be an overreaction to the situation at hand.
