{"id":8557,"date":"2026-01-19T02:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2026-01-19T02:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:04:18","slug":"blue-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/01\/19\/blue-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is January 19th, the third Monday in January, and some people say it\u00b4s the most depressing day of the year. In English, it\u00b4s called Blue Monday<\/em>, which could be translated into Spanish as \"el lunes triste\" (the sad Monday), or if we want to continue with the colour analogies, \"el lunes gris\" (the grey Monday, as in Spanish we don\u00b4t associate the colour blue with sadness). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u00b4s true that January can sometimes feel like it goes on forever, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, where it\u00b4s still wintertime, the temperatures are low, and the days are short... The holiday season, with its lights, joy and celebrations, is now over, and now it\u00b4s time to tighten our belts and exercise self-control after the excesses of December. Fun, huh? In Spain, we\u00b4ve always called this time of the year la cuesta de enero<\/a><\/em>, with \"cuesta\" conveying the idea that it\u00b4s a struggle, it\u00b4s going uphill; Google just translated it for me as January blues<\/em>, so basically yes, the same idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then on top of that, most probably our New Year\u00b4s Resolutions are already out the window, after our enthusiastic start at the beginning of the year... Willpower didn\u00b4t last that long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In view of all of this, if you\u00b4re feeling a little low on energy right now, please know that it\u00b4s normal and that you\u00b4re not the only one; on the contrary. Here\u00b4s an image that I hope will lift you up a little bit, even though it\u00b4s technically blue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo of a decorated flat stone I saw one day during a garden walk, with a drawing of our dear Dori, Nemo\u00b4s friend, and her favourite phrase: \"just keep swimming\".)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I got a reminder (thanks, Neil!) of the best thing you can do when you\u00b4re low on energy: to go back to basics<\/a>. So this is my proposal to you for this month of January: to take care of yourself again, and regain your strength, so that you can then focus on whatever you want to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, if you\u00b4re wondering why your New Year\u00b4s Resolutions didn\u00b4t work this year either, perhaps it\u00b4s because you stayed on the superficial portion of your iceberg, and you need to dive closer to the bottom to find out how to make that change you want so badly... If you don\u00b4t know what I\u00b4m talking about, have a look at this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoy, d\u00eda 19, es el tercer lunes del mes de enero, y hay quien afirma que es el d\u00eda m\u00e1s deprimente de todo el a\u00f1o. En ingl\u00e9s lo llaman Blue Monday, que se podr\u00eda traducir como \u00abel lunes triste\u00bb, o si queremos seguir con la analog\u00eda de los colores, \u00abel lunes gris\u00bb. 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