Are you having a good day?

Today is ‘Blue Monday’, the most depressing 24 hours in the year, and so it’s ideal for contemplating happiness, says Sharon Ní Chonchúir

ARE you down in the dumps today? Depressed at the thought of a week at work? Worried about unpaid Christmas bills? Sick of the dark, dreary weather? Disgusted that you have again failed to keep a single new year’s resolution?

You’re not the only one, because today is blue Monday — officially the most depressing day of the year. It has been since 2005, when Welsh psychologist Cliff Arnall calculated that the third Monday in January is the gloomiest day.