The Gloomiest Day of 2010?
It may not be just a bad case of the Mondays. Statistically speaking, the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year.
According to the third annual Everest College Workplace Blues Survey conducted by Harris-Decima, the biggest cause of the blues among employed Canadians was the economy, at 29 per cent, and work – at 26 per cent.
“I think the biggest celebration New Year’s Eve was to close out 2009,” said Don Thibert, Director of Academic Affairs at Everest College and President of the Ontario Association of Career Colleges, in a recent Canadian Press article. “I think a lot of people are looking forward to 2010 being a much better year.”
The survey was conducted Dec. 3-6 and questioned 1,009 Canadians, including 599 who were employed. The results are considered accurate within plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
“Nearly three-quarters of the people surveyed said that they suffer from at least occasional bouts of workplace blues, and that’s up 11 per cent over the three years we’ve done the survey,” said Thibert.
If work is a problem, Thibert suggested keeping a journal for a month and rating each day from one to 10, with one being “completely unbearable” and 10 being “euphorically great.”
“If you’re coming in six or lower, you might really want to start taking a hard look at a career change,” he suggested.
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