What Is Blue Monday?
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471547)
Switzerland
January 15, 2018 7:46am CST
Reading the news this morning I learnt that today is called "Blue Monday".
It was the first time I read about this, so I asked Google to know more.
Blue Monday is usually the 3rd Monday of the year and it's claimed to be the "most depressing day of the year".
Some years the day was the 2nd or 4th Monday of the year. It is calculated using a formula that takes into account several different factors.
(Among others, lack of money during this specific time of the year, bad weather, debt level and so on).
If you want to know more just search Wikipedia for "Blue Monday".
How is your "Blue Monday", depressing or only a normal Monday?
Mine is not different that the past Mondays.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about a Monday in late January. For other uses, see Blue Monday. Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the m
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@Marilynda1225 (82797)
• United States
15 Jan 18
I don't know if I'm suffering from Blue Monday today but I am feeling very lazy and tired. I thought it was mostly due to the gray skies and dreary weather but maybe I have a touch of the "blues"?
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@much2say (55616)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 18
I know of the Monday Blues, but didn't know there was a specific Blue Monday Day (I guess it's not marked on the calendar 
). Today for us it happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day - and the kids have a day off of school (Hubby still has to work). The week has been off as it is (last Wednesday we were in a car accident - we are ok but having to deal with some inconveniences - I have not written about it), so yes, today is a bit blue!
). Today for us it happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day - and the kids have a day off of school (Hubby still has to work). The week has been off as it is (last Wednesday we were in a car accident - we are ok but having to deal with some inconveniences - I have not written about it), so yes, today is a bit blue!8 people like this
@much2say (55616)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 18
@LadyDuck It's a long story, but my car is in the shop . . . the accident was completely the other person's fault. Insurance is taking care of it - but I am hoping all is settled with the other person's insurance company - it's a waiting game for the moment. I'm having to drive a rental - I just want my car back. Not sure if I'm blue - or red 
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 18
A fairly ordinary monday for me
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 18
@LadyDuck I had a welfare hearing so I had to be out early
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
16 Jan 18
@arthurchappell I feel better today, the sky is still grey, but a little better than yesterday.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Jan 18
My day is good so far but I haven't been outside except to pick the paper off the drive, I can see why its called blue Monday, the weather is driving most people in the north Americas crazy.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
15 Jan 18
@LadyDuck that could be true too. We know better, we were broke when young but now we don't spend it unless it available and we won't miss it.
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
15 Jan 18
@PainsOnSlate I do not spend more than I can now, but I used to spend too much for Christmas when I was younger.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
16 Jan 18
Blue Monday was like any other normal days for me.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
16 Jan 18
@LadyDuck May be some extra ordinary things would have happened with some of the people.
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
16 Jan 18
@dpk262006 I think that every day extraordinary things may happen to some people.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Jan 18
That is very interesting. I never knew that.
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Lucky you that are absolutely loaded. Today the weather here is depressing, but during winter most of the time is grey and cold. I see no difference with the other Mondays of the year.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 18
Mondays are generally depressing for those returning to work.
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
16 Jan 18
@lnillerman Both my husband and I are "officially" retired, but still work several hours a day.
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@tiada123 (292)
• Malaysia
17 Jan 18
@lnillerman me too, sometime busy during the weekends. :P
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
15 Jan 18
Hearing the term for the first time.Can't say anything special about this Monday.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
16 Jan 18
@LadyDuck Yes,Never came across Blue Monday.Only''Once in a Blue Moon''
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
16 Jan 18
@silvermist This is an expression we also say.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jan 18
The day of the week matters not. Those issues remain, even when Blue Monday is over with! LOL
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@LadyDuck (471547)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 18
@kobesbuddy Money too often becomes the only interest of people.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Jan 18
@LadyDuck Money is the focus of many people, which crowds out their love for others.
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