YOU WILL HAVE heard that the second working Monday of the year (today) is supposed to be the most depressing of the year.

The ‘Blue Monday’ phenomenon emerged from a supposedly scientific formula that factors in the time elapsed since Christmas, financial woes, winter weather and so on to declare this as a particularly grim day for most people.

Reporter Gavan Reilly once put this theory to bed with his sound analysis – you can read it here.

But there is no denying that Mondays can be a struggle for many – and Mondays in January more so.

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