{"id":24,"date":"2017-01-09T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T13:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/?p=24"},"modified":"2017-03-30T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:20:01","slug":"blame-monday-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/2017\/01\/09\/blame-monday-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we to blame for the Monday Blues?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are we to blame for the Monday blues? \u00a0Well, not us per say but people like us, PR people that is. The answer is YES! Most definitely. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Monday

Blue Monday was created by a PR campaign..\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018Blue Monday\u2019 was a name given to a date in January which is said to\u00a0be the most depressing day of the year – as it happens, it’s next Monday. \u00a0The most loathsome\u00a0day of the year was invented by people like us, PR people that is,\u00a0as\u00a0part of a publicity campaign for Sky Travel – but the stunt worked a little too well and now most people detest Mondays as a result.<\/p>\n

As a way of apologising on behalf of our industry, we’d would like to offer you 3 top\u00a0tips which will hopefully help you to beat the Monday Blues. \u00a0If all else fails, scroll to the bottom of this email and follow the YouTube link – you’ll thank us for it, trust us.<\/p>\n

Fake it \u2018till you make it<\/strong>
\nMake a habit of smiling, even if you’re not actually feeling very positive in that exact moment. Why? \u00a0Well,\u00a0when the muscles used for smiling are fired up, it signals to the rest of the body that we are happy. \u00a0On a physiological level, what that does is it starts to change the chemistry of your body to be happier. So smile like you mean it and enjoy the day.<\/p>\n

Change your perspective<\/strong>
\nInstead of viewing something as a problem,\u00a0see it as a challenge. \u00a0Think of happiness as\u00a0a muscle, in the sense that the more you use it, the more it will grow. If you consciously make an effort to change your outlook on situations, it will start to become instinctual over time.<\/p>\n

A happy person might see a challenge instead of a problem because that intuitively brings with it the suggestion that there is a solution.<\/p>\n

Plug in your headphones<\/strong>
\nMusic impacts your mood, so choosing to listen to a song that you enjoy can put a smile on your face even if you are having the dreariest of days. \u00a0For instance, in one 2015 study, researchers found that listening to tunes can curb biological markers of stress, including increased heart rate, high blood pressure and wonky cortisol levels.<\/p>\n

And finally, as promised, here’s a video which we guarantee will make you laugh – the poor chap is not having a very good start to the year:<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/RuDAZDcDvaI\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are we to blame for the Monday blues? \u00a0Well, not us per say but people like us, PR people that is. The answer is YES! Most definitely. \u00a0\u00a0 \u2018Blue Monday\u2019 was a name given to a date in January which is said to\u00a0be the most depressing day of the year – as it happens, it’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preachpr.co.uk\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}