I learned recently that the third Monday of January is called Blue Monday and is supposed to be the most depressing of the year. Many of us can feel more down than usual as we return to work after the festive period, especially if we also have difficult things happening in our lives already. Last week I called a friend I hadn’t spoken with in months. We had been playing phone tag and when we finally got a hold of one another naturally the first thing he asked me was “How are you?” “Fine, how are you?” was my instinctive response. It took him a little longer to reply, and as he hemmed and hawed a bit I said, somewhat jokingly: “Oh you’re going to give me a real answer.” To which he immediately said: “Of course. I haven’t got time for anything else!”