Happy Monday! Don’t you just hate it when people say that? Ditto Tuesday, Wednesday and every other day. But it’s remarkable how this frightful habit has caught on, chiefly on the part of PRs. It calls to mind the Brit in America who, on being told to have a nice day, responded: “Thank you; I have other plans”. And because it’s International Happiness Day, we can expect a lot more of the Pollyanna stuff.
So how did this insanity come about? It’s courtesy of those happiness merchants, the UN General Assembly. As the official site of the Day reminds us, “it has been over 10 years since the first World Happiness Report was published. And it is exactly 10 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/281, proclaiming March 20 to be observed annually as International Day of Happiness.”
