Blue Monday typically falls on the third Monday of January and is known to be the saddest day of the year. And many find this day particularly challenging to face; after all, the economic difficulties and the world situation positively do not contribute to creating a serenity climate.
It must be said that many argue that Blue Monday does not exist, and they are probably right. To reach this conclusion Cliff Arnall, the psychologist who is credited with the scientific study on which the Blue Monday thesis is based has developed an equation that considers several variables. They range from the weather conditions to the money spent during the Christmas holidays, coming to the sudden senses that derive from it, and the motivational decline due to the period after the holidays. But will it all be true?
It must be said that many argue that Blue Monday does not exist, and they are probably right. To reach this conclusion Cliff Arnall, the psychologist who is credited with the scientific study on which the Blue Monday thesis is based has developed an equation that considers several variables. They range from the weather conditions to the money spent during the Christmas holidays, coming to the sudden senses that derive from it, and the motivational decline due to the period after the holidays. But will it all be true?
Recently the Cardiff University where Professor Arnall works has distanced itself from his theories. Over time it has emerged that the scientific study and the formulas developed are in fact a hoax, created by an agency and then made to sign by some people to give greater authority. It was concluded that the saddest Monday of the year is a publicity stunt from 2005. The company behind the operation in question was Sky Travel. Through misleading advertising, the agency was convinced that January’s sadness had a scientific basis. So you could fight it with a vacation.Blue Monday, therefore, appeared for the first time in a company press release. It was later taken up by many newspapers giving it an alleged scientific basis. Arnall himself, however, confessed, years later, that he had signed the conclusions already pre-packaged by the agency in exchange for a fee.
However, we also owe Arnall the calculation that produced the happiest day of the year. It is the third Friday of June. In a similar way, but in the opposite way, it seems that the psychologist’s reasons are outdoor activity, social relationships, nature, and temperature. But even the Happiest Day of the year can be considered a hoax. The Wall’s ice cream company paid Arnall around 1,650 pounds to support the creation of this day on a mathematical basis.
