January 24 was what?

I missed it - (January 24 Is the Most Depressing Day of the Year)
Guess I was too up to be down!

From The Sports Geezer

Why January 24 Is the Most Depressing Day of the Year...

Do the math:
[W + (D-d)] x TQ
M x NA
And it's really quite obvious: the most depressing day of year is January 24.

That, at least, is the calculation of British psychologist Cliff Arnall, a specialist in seasonal affective disorders at the Univeristy of Cardiff, Wales.

In Arnall's formula W=Weather, D=debt, d=monthly salary, T=time since Christmas, Q=time since failure to quit something you've resolved to quit, M=low motivational levels, and NA=need to take action. Put them all together and what do you get? A very rough day.

MSNBC reports that the equation was concocted for a good reason: business. Persuaded that people book travel to sunny places when they are most miserable, a travel company commissioned the research to learn when people were most likely to book vacations. Geezer has a few questions about the importance of the D=debt factor is such equations.