The model is:

[W + (D-d)] x TQ

M x NA

The equation is broken down into seven variables: (W) weather, (D) debt, (d) monthly salary, (T) time since Christmas, (Q) time since failed quit attempt, (M) low motivational levels and (NA) the need to take action. —Jan. 24 called worst day of the year (MSN)

April may be the cruellest month, but British psychologist Cliff Arnall calculates that Jan 24 is the most depressing day of the year.

Let’s hope that doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that, as Mike Arnzen notes on Pedablogue, that’s the day we go back to school.