
The third Monday of January in the northern hemisphere has been dubbed the most “depressing day of the year”.
Blue Monday they call it. It’s back to work for most, the weather is terrible and people are feeling keenly the withdrawal from the freedom (and indulgence) of the holidays.
In Australia, we don’t have the awful weather on the above list, but we have the rest and it’s pretty bloody glum looking outside at a glorious day and knowing you can’t go there. Sit in an air-conditioned box and sip on some cheap office tea instead. Sit next to someone who cuts their nails at their desk meaning you have to push nail clippings off your desk with a ruler. Have a brain explosion over the empty paper tray in the photocopier and then have a bigger brain explosion for having a brain explosion over photocopying paper. Watch the bus home drive by your stop because it’s too full.