The third Monday in January, known as Blue Monday, which this year falls on 15 January, has been labelled the saddest day of the year. But what is the truth of this statement and how did this concept originate? The name was created in 2004 by psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall. The expert devised a formula, which considers variables such as weather, debt, monthly salary, time since Christmas, time since abandoning New Year's resolutions, low levels of motivation and the need to take action, to calculate the most depressing day of the year. This concept was initially used by a travel company as a marketing strategy to boost sales in January.
Is today the most depressing day of the year?
Known as Blue Monday
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The TIB Bus Driver refused to go into Sa Coma today. He put Passengers off a long way away from their stops. Then again on the return run from Cala Millor to S'Illot he refused to take a very old Lady to Sa Coma. In S'Illot as I was leaving the Bus, he closed the double doors on to me. He was waving the Bus about all the time whilst driving. I thought there was a major steering fault. I hope the Old Lady reports him.. He left her in S'Illot !!!. So was this a "BLUE MONDAY INCIDENT? "