Did you know that Blue Monday is really a hoax?
It’s based on a non-sensical equation developed by psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2004, which includes factors that can’t really be measured such as weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since new year’s resolutions have been broken, low motivational levels, and the feeling of a need to take action.
A year later in 2005, a UK travel company, Sky travel, began calling the third Monday of January each year as “Blue Monday”, the most depressing day of the year.
That’s simply not true. Nonetheless, January is a tough month to navigate for many of us so the Samaritans came up with something better: Brew Monday.
A reminder to have a cuppa with people you care about.
https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/brew-monday/
So let’s all use today to check in on our loved ones and our own mental health, like we should do every day!
#mentahhealth #bluemonday
Lessons I learned after I turned 30 