And today I should, apparently, feel depressed. Yes it took me a while to wake up this morning – but I’m blaming that on the amount of walking I did yesterday on a cold and wet winter’s day which meant I needed more sleep than usual than anything else. But do I feel depressed? No more so than yesterday, or last month, or last summer when the sun was shining.<\/p>\n

Ok, I’m not working at the moment so I don’t have that ‘back to work’ feeling every Monday, but even last year and the many years before that when I was working I’ve never found Blue Monday to be any better or worse than any other day.<\/p>\n

Yes there are shit things going on in the world (I won’t use this as a chance to moan about Brexit and the upcoming moment of doom when President Trump becomes something people start saying) and it may be the middle of winter, but those things are outside of your control so why be depressed about them? So what if you ‘failed’ to stick to your new year resolutions? (You knew that would happen anyway so are you really surprised?!)<\/p>\n

It’s another day. You’re alive. Live it to the full. Don’t let another media and marketing driven piece of nonsense get you down.<\/p>\n

Happy Monday everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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