Sunday, January 29, 2006
Mood Formula
Feeling down or depressed? Ever wonder why sometimes you're happy in spite of whatever? Here's a formula that might help you explain why. I read this article in
We can thank Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff in Wales for developing the formula:
1/8W + (D-d)3/8 x TQ
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M x NA
Where:
W = Weather
D = Debt
d = Monthly Salary
T = Time since Christmas, time since failure to Q
Q = Quit a bad habit
M = low (M)otivational levels
NA = Need to take action
According to our psychologist January 26 is the gloomiest day of 2006. Being just after the holidays we are now thinking about incurred expenses during the season, fewer or no parties to look forward to and coping with the weather.
The happiest day of 2006?...... June 23 according to his calculations...approximately just five months away. We'll just have to wait....and see.
