The term “Blue Monday” appeared in public space in 2005. Its author was British psychologist Cliff Arnall. According to him, the third Monday of January every year is the most depressing day of the year. The reason for this is three factors. Do we really have anything to worry about?
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According to the Cardiff University-affiliated researcher who coined the term “Purple Monday”Three factors must be noted that have a significant impact on our poor condition today:
- meteorological (short day, low sunlight),
- Psychological (realization that you will not be able to fulfill New Year's resolutions),
- Economic (small money after Christmas and New Year, debts).
It's interesting that it wasn't even Monday at first, but Thursday. However, as we wrote earlier, it is also related to the issue of “the most depressing day of the year”. the second bottom.
Years later it turned out that a British psychologist calculated this date… By order of one of the PR agencieswho asked him to name his ideal day or period Choice of holiday.
So Arnall used unverified data and created a “mathematical formula” that mid-January is the best day to travel. As if you could get rid of “depression”… by going on vacation.
As in 2023 Veronika Tomaszewska noted on naTemat.plOn the third Monday of January, many stores, both stationary and online, offer various promotions. This is a marketing trick that works on gullible customers Purple Monday.
Our habits show that assigning symbols to specific days has an effect on users – is that why it doesn't exist? Happy Friday?
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