How You Feelin' ?
Today is calculated to be the most depressing day of the year.
Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff in Wales who came up with a formula -- 1/8W+(D-d)3/8xTQMxNA -- to calculate the lowest emotional point of the year. He did this at the request of the travel industry, which wanted to know the best day in January to book a summer holiday.
Seems people tend to make travel plans when they're at their lowest, to give them something to look forward to.
Arnall factored in the dreariness of the (W)eather, the arrival of maxed-out Christmas bills or (D)ebt, minus monthly salary (d), (T)ime elapsed since Christmas and the failure to keep a New Year's resolution or to (Q)uit a bad habit, low (M)otivational levels and the need to take action (NA). He came up with Jan. 24, or the Monday closest to Jan. 24, since Monday is the most disliked day of the week.
Arnall's formula was validated by members of the public, though he did get flak last year from people with birthdays or wedding anniversaries on that day.
I wonder if the recent weather in certain parts of the US might not be a factor too.
FYI--It is lovely weather here, Mardi Gras is fixin' to begin and I am not depressed !
Read the details of Arnalls story here
Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff in Wales who came up with a formula -- 1/8W+(D-d)3/8xTQMxNA -- to calculate the lowest emotional point of the year. He did this at the request of the travel industry, which wanted to know the best day in January to book a summer holiday.
Seems people tend to make travel plans when they're at their lowest, to give them something to look forward to.
Arnall factored in the dreariness of the (W)eather, the arrival of maxed-out Christmas bills or (D)ebt, minus monthly salary (d), (T)ime elapsed since Christmas and the failure to keep a New Year's resolution or to (Q)uit a bad habit, low (M)otivational levels and the need to take action (NA). He came up with Jan. 24, or the Monday closest to Jan. 24, since Monday is the most disliked day of the week.
Arnall's formula was validated by members of the public, though he did get flak last year from people with birthdays or wedding anniversaries on that day.
I wonder if the recent weather in certain parts of the US might not be a factor too.
FYI--It is lovely weather here, Mardi Gras is fixin' to begin and I am not depressed !
Read the details of Arnalls story here
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