They’ve done the math to find out when it is, and now we know that the most depressing day in New York is coming very soon.
They have a name for the most depressing day of the year
In retail, they have a huge day where stores all over the place hold big sales to get them out of the red and into the black before the end of the year. They call it “Black Friday.” In football, there’s a day after the regular season is over when many teams will fire their head coach. They call that day “Black Monday.”
When a day can statistically be proven to be the most depressing day of the year, they call it “Blue Monday.” It’s a real thing, and it’s coming up soon.
When is “Blue Monday?”
Blue Monday is always the third Monday in January. They call it that for a combination of reasons. The weather is one of the biggest factors. On average, January holds the coldest days of the year. It has the days with the most cloud cover, and in general is the gloomiest month.
It’s also the comedown from the holidays. We go from a season of happiness and cheer with lights and presents to gloomy weather and we have to wait 11 more months until we get it again. Plus all the bills from that holiday are now starting to roll in…