blue monday

Blue Monday is a name given to a date stated to be the most depressing day of the year. The date was calculated by using many factors, including: weather conditions, debt level, time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling of a need to take action. The above formula for determining blue Monday shows: weather = W, debt = d, time since Christmas = T, time since failing new year’s resolutions = Q,  low motivational levels = M and the feeling of a need to take action = Na. 'D' is not defined.   

This date typically falls on the Monday of the last full week of January. Blue Mondays in the past were January 24, 2005, January 23, 2006, January 22, 2007, January 21, 2008, and January 19, 2009. And the 2010 Blue Monday will occur...?

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