According to a survey conducted by Sky Broadband, today is the poorest day of the year for us Brits. What is it with Sky? They’re always poised and ready to remind us just how dreadfully gloomy January is – remember the story they issued back in 2005 as part of the Sky Travel publicity campaign, where British psychologist Cliff Arnall created a scientific formula to explain why the third Monday in January is the most depressing day in the year – now known as ‘Blue Monday’.
I’ve only just got over last Monday, now to be told that I’m skint as well as depressed?!
I’ve looked into this a little further and discovered another five (un-scientific) reasons to why we should hate January:
- Detox/diet – nothing but faddy diets and detox regimes, when let’s be honest all we really want is sausage & mash and a mega bar of Galaxy chocolate
- Celeb workout – Davina’s doing it, Coleen’s done it, even Hannah Waterman’s got one – is no-one safe from the invasion of spandex clad c-class celebs?
- January sales – at no other point in the year would you consider that item to be a good, well-thought out purchase
- 6 week month – we’ve been eating nothing but own brand baked beans on toast for the past three weeks
- Vogue – the fashion pages are filled to the brim with bronzed models sashaying round in SS’10 collections, yet it’s only +2° outside
What gets you down in January – read my blog http://bit.ly/8mhLa0
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
I love this post. When would you ever decide that you are going to diet, get fitter, stop smoking and save money all at the same time. And yet every January – that is the pledge from most of the nation. This month – am going to save money – next month will be diet. Pass me a chocolate will you – there are some left in the advent calendar.