So in case you didn't hear, Monday, Jan. 17th was allegedly the saddest day of the year. Based on a mathematical formula, sadness is predicted to peak on the third Monday of each new year. This is usually a result of post-holiday blues/failed new year's resolutions/bad weather and the like. Some even refer to it as Blue Monday.
If you found yourself inordinately down on Monday -- or any day this month -- here are five reasons to cheer up:
- You're not Sarah Palin. Although she can seem sometimes like America's Princess Diana, former Alaskan Governor and former Vice Presidential running mate Sarah Palin is having a bad month. In the aftermath of the tragic shootings in Arizona, Palin failed to adopt a sufficiently conciliatory and empathic response. Instead, she went on a tear, aggressively defending herself from insinuations that she was to blame for the massacre and painting herself as the victim, rather than the six people who died and 13 who were injured. (The press also played a hand in this, mind you.) A post-Tucson Gallup Poll commissioned by USA Today found that Palin's rating is at its lowest level since she burst onto the national political scene in September 2008. She is seen in a favourable light by 38 percent of US voters, while 53 percent have an unfavorable view.
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