Readers combat most miserable month
How do we lift the doom and gloom?
January. The most depressing month of the year.
And it is not hard to see why when the bills start coming out of the bank accounts and the weather does not seem to lighten up one bit.
We have even got what is claimed to be the most miserable day of the year coming round the corner on the 15th - Blue Monday.
So we asked our readers what they have planned to lift all this doom and gloom.
Alan Anderson, 45, and his family just moved into their new home in Rutherglen which means they have got lots of plans in the pipeline.
He said: “We moved house in November so we are keeping busy. I don’t mind January after all the busyness of Christmas and New Year. It gives you a bit of space and time to get out of the house for some fresh air.”
Isabella Keith from Burnside was searching for some sun with her husband.
She said: “We’re both retired so we can go away whenever we like. The weather here has been absolutely rotten so we are looking forward to going away.”
John McCabe, 76, from Eastfield said he was going to enjoy spending time with family.
“I’ve got five grandchildren but three of them are a bit older,” he said. “I love looking after the other two.”
Rutherglen’s Margaret Graham, 64, was excited for her play date with granddaughter Ellis, five. “It’s days like this, when it’s raining, you want to stay indoors,” she said. “We’ll be playing with all the toys she got for Christmas.”
I don’t mind January after all the busyness of Christmas. It gives you time to get out Alan Anderson