5th January Trying to be happy by being miserable?


Are you, like millions of others, suddenly finding out the hard way that giving up everything you enjoy during the month of January is doing absolutely nothing to make it any less miserable?

Up and down the length of the country New Year's resolutions are already beginning to creak and crack under the strain of giving up booze, fags, drugs, take aways, chocolate and simply lazing on the sofa bingle watching the latest must see box set after a mere 5 days

Already at breaking point due to the junior doctors strike, A&E departments have already seen a substantial number of admissions following mishaps at the gym with some 2024 exercise enthusiasts managing to pull calf muscles just trying to get into their new Lycra leggings.

With its short dismal days, shockingly low temperatures, empty bank accounts and post-Christmas back-to-work blues, January is well known for being the most miserable month of the year. And yet masochists start off the year by denying themselves the very things that give their life meaning

At the time of going to press Grace Under Pressure is unable to clarify why people try to deal with the misery of January by making New Year’s resolutions to stop doing all of the things that make them happy. But the sooner the nation can settle back into its usual routines of self-destructive consumption and dangerously low levels of physical activity, the better for everyone.



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