Workplace Wellbeing: How to motivate yourself when you've got the back-to-work blues

If you are struggling with lingering January blues, there are strategies you can adopt to help you re-energise and refocus

Research shows that many of us struggle in January.

Do you have to drag yourself out of bed and into work these dark mornings? Are you struggling to find motivation when it’s cold and wet outside? Does the excitement of Christmas feel like a distant memory now that we’re deep in the doldrums of January? If so, you may have the back-to-work blues.

You’re probably not the only one. Research shows that many of us struggle in January. A 2017 University of Exeter study [exa.mn/january-blues] found that our 'depressive mood' at this time of year was often exacerbated by a perception of a gap between how we want things to be and how they are.