According to just about everyone1 today (17th January) is the most miserable day of the year. Every year.
But why? And since when?
I’m sure the original assertion was based on hard data, but how hard can that data now be if we all know we’re supposed to be at our most miserable today?
If we’re told every year that 17th January is the most miserable day of the year, that makes 17th January make us feel miserable.
Telling people something as fact will make it just that, but we can tell ourselves differently. Whatever you want to be – happy or sad, jubilant or miserable – just be it, because living it will make it so.
- or everyone in the media at least [↩]