{"id":12525,"date":"2023-01-16T09:54:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2023-01-29T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:01:14","slug":"happy-sad-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/01\/16\/happy-sad-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Sad Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/171804\/blue-monday-depressing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The U.S. Sun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Blue Monday and why is it \u2018the most depressing day\u2019 of the year?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by <strong>Sam Webb<\/strong> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/author\/amelia-beltraothe-sun-co-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amelia Beltrao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orgy &quot;Blue Monday&quot;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8gVmD39AmI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AS the new year begins, the holiday excitement dies down and we return to normality, many experience the winter blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one particular day in January is dubbed &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/lifestyle\/2158046\/blue-monday-switching-off-phone-good-night-sleep-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the most depressing day of the year&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Blue Monday?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Monday is calculated using a series of factors in a formula, although it is not particularly scientific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The factors used to base the date of Blue Monday include weather conditions and debt level. Other factors include the amount of time since Christmas, and the time it typically takes for people to begin failing their New Year resolutions, and generally lose motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first date declared was January 24, 2005, after Dr. Cliff Arnall, a tutor at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/where\/cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardiff\u00a0<\/a>University&#8217;s Centre for Lifelong Learning, was asked to work out the most depressing day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/171804\/blue-monday-depressing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at The U.S. Sun<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The U.S. Sun What is Blue Monday and why is it \u2018the most depressing day\u2019 of the year? by Sam Webb \/ Amelia Beltrao AS the new year begins, the holiday excitement dies down and we return to normality, many experience the winter blues. However, one particular day in January is dubbed &#8221;the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}