Today is Blue Monday — a day that has been dubbed "the saddest day of the year." The concept was first published in a 2005 press release from Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date based on a formula that uses many factors, including 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. The date is generally reported as falling on the third Monday in January. The recipe to combat the melancholy with which to overcome the sadness of this day is as simple as looking for things that bring you happiness and aiming to include them more in your life.
