US EditionBlue Monday: Socks, salsa and stand-up comedy... easy ways to find joy in January
- On Monday, Cliff Arnall, British psychologist, introduced Blue Monday in 2005 with a formula linking gloom to climate, debt and low motivation, created for a travel firm and reused by media and advertisers each January.
- Brands and advertisers have used the idea to drive consumption, repurposing the 'misery is not miserly' effect to reshape household dynamics and provoke tensions between adults and children.
- Try stand‑up, watch comedy or meet friends for a laugh, as a 24‑year‑old novice comedian who tried stand‑up last year said the third gig was `amazing`.
- Sadness plays a vital developmental role for children, promoting introspection and moral growth, while parents and carers shape resilience through warm or tense family and social environments.
- The scientific community has rejected Blue Monday as pseudoscience, and Cliff Arnall urged people to `refute the whole notion`; despite this, the term resurfaces each January in media and ad campaigns with low-cost countermeasures suggested.
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The effects of the long winter are being felt, bank accounts are empty due to all the expenses surrounding the holidays, and the payment of wages is still not in sight.
The third Monday of January would be the "Blue Monday", a day so named because it was supposedly shown, statistics in support, that it is the day of the greatest number of depressions of the year. However, it is completely wrong. Behind this rumor, there is neither statistics nor studies... but a beautiful public relations campaign. The section of the Rumor Detector celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026. Click here to read its other 750 texts.
January is not the most optimistic month of the year for everyone. After the holidays, we return to reality, the lights are still low, as is motivation, the wallet looks hurt and New Year's resolutions are already getting their first cracks. And right in the middle of this "super" atmosphere comes Blue Monday, this year falling on January 19th - the day that is supposed to be the most depressing of the year. Is it really that dramatic, or do we …
Today Monday 19 is celebrated the so-called Blue Monday, popularly known as the saddest day of the saddest year of the year. Beyond the debate on its scientific basis, this date is a great opportunity to focus on an increasingly present reality: emotional discomfort and mental health problems among young people. Academic pressure, uncertainty about the future, the impact of social networks or the difficulty to manage emotions are factors that di…
Blue Monday isn’t real, but sadness is – and it plays a vital role in children’s development
PeopleImagesJanuary can feel exhausting. With the magic of Christmas and New Year fading fast, returning to routine brings with it an undeniable emotional slump. But is it really the saddest month? The idea of “Blue Monday” caught on in 2005, when British psychologist Cliff Arnall announced that he had identified the saddest day of the year using a mathematical formula that factored in climate, post-holiday debt, and dwindling motivation in keep…
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