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Blue Monday | Since early 2020, when the global health emergency was declared due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) discovered in Wuhan, China, the days are not the same for humanity. In fact, fear and dread of the present and future are feelings that overwhelm people, especially at this point where the new variants of the virus discovered in various countries continue to plague and cause concern among their residents.
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This Monday, January 18, may seem like any other day to most mortals, who depending on the country they are in, whether they can perform their activities ‘normally’ (wear masks and keep physical distance) or have no choice. to prevent them from getting COVID-19.
Well, if you woke up a bit reluctant today and you don’t feel in the best mood to face the day, we’ll tell you – in case you didn’t know – that this third Monday in January Blue Monday (lunes triste), considered the ‘saddest day of the year’ for over a decade. Truth or mere coincidence? Read on to learn more about this curious date.
How was Blue Monday or ‘sad Monday’ born?
According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the origin of the Blue Monday We have to go back to 2005, when Cliff Arnall, a professor at the Cardiff University School of Psychologists, claimed to have discovered a mathematical formula – with no scientific backing – to determine the saddest day of the year.
According to this, the third Monday in January (Day 18 in 2021) is the date when people experience the most grief for a variety of reasons, including not receiving the month’s salary, the pressure on Christmas debts, the bad weather or New Year’s resolutions that are not fulfilled.
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Rather than assimilating that this could be a ‘sad’ date, there are users who take up the case on social networks with humor and spend all day sharing funny memes to make this day – characterized by its bad reputation – more pleasant and bearable.