Mon, Jan 22 2007

Depressing math?

It's Monday. Are you having a tough day? At least one psychologist has come up with a mathematical formula behind Blue Monday. I was in a fairly good mood until I tried to deal with his math. There's all that math having to do with how many days there are until spring—which are fewer now than this time last month. There's all that math measuring inches of snow—which we don't really have here. We could be dwelling on the short number of daylight hours—which are at least increasing right now. Those dollar amounts on the post-holiday credit card statement are ugly—but we didn't rely very much on credit cards this past season, except in the cases where we knew we could pay the bill in full.

Dealing with math in general could be depressing to me. I've never been very good at it. But now that I realize I've already countered most of the psychologist's math factors with my own naturally positive outlook, there's very little reason to fret. It really isn't Blue Monday unless we give in to it—now is it?

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