Excerpt from : http://www.thesun.co.uk/
By KATE WIGHTON on 14th October 2010.
Tuesday ... the most popular day to have a baby - but Saturdays are best if you want your child to be a winner..
BLUE Monday? Nah, Tuesday is when we're most likely to feel down in the dumps, according to latest research from the London School of Economics.
But whatever day it is, there's always something we can do to get the most out of life -KATE WIGHTON reports.
MONDAY
Best for de-stressing: Find time to chill out, advises a study in the British Medical Journal. It says you are 20 per cent more likely to die of a heart attack on a Monday due to the fall-out from weekend alcohol bingeing and the stress of returning to work.
Best for staying put: Avoid the stress of blaring horns and traffic jams by working from home. The AA says their busiest time on the roads is from 8am to 10am on Mondays when cars won't start because of flat batteries after they've been left standing over the weekend.
Rubbish for starting a diet: A third of people who begin to cut calories on a Monday have given it up by Tuesday evening, according to a Yahoo poll.
TUESDAY
Best for nailing that to-do list: We're most productive, on this day, with almost a quarter of UK executives polled by Gallup saying it's the day to get things done. A huge 39 per cent said Monday was their least productive day.
A separate study by the US Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology says our rational "left" brain dominates thinking early in the week and is better for routine, mundane jobs.
WEDNESDAY
Best for looking for love: This day is ideal for a first date, say more than 40 per cent of 8,000 singletons polled. If it goes well you get a handy day's breathing space before the follow-on Friday date. And if it doesn't work out, you can arrange to see friends at the weekend and not dwell on your disaster.
Asking for a raise: Bosses are most receptive to requests for pay rises on Wednesdays, a survey of more than 1,500 UK top brass shows. On Mondays, they're too busy prepping for the week ahead and dealing with emails from the weekend. And by Thursday and Friday, they're thinking about the weekend and more likely to turn down requests.
THURSDAY
Best for hospital stays: Check in on a Thursday and you're more likely to be forced to stay longer - a full 24 hours more than patients admitted on a Sunday - according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Patients admitted on a Thursday stay 6.3 days on average, compared with 5.3 on a Sunday.
FRIDAY
Best for quitting smoking: Stub out the fags on this day and you can survive the temptations of the weekend, US researchers found. This is because the first few days are when your willpower is at its strongest.
Rubbish for making big decisions: We're more likely to be sleep-starved at the end of the working week and less able to think clearly, according to body clock expert Martin Moore-Ede. And while investors play safe earlier on, they're statistically more likely to take risks on a Friday to hit their end-week targets, say economists from Emporia State University in Kansas.
SATURDAY
Best for staying sober: There are almost 70 per cent more admissions to hospital on this day due to alcohol abuse compared to the daily average, according to the British Medical Journal.
Best for having a baby: While Tuesdays are the most popular day to have babies, the Office for National Statistics shows, Saturdays are best if you want your child to be a winner.
According to the ONS, children born on this day have a better chance of becoming Prime Minister - of 21 PMs since 1900, six have been born on a Saturday.
SUNDAY
Best for eating out: Preparing a traditional Sunday roast is more stressful than going to the dentist, according to one in five people surveyed. So take the load off and treat you and yours - meaning someone else can deal with the washing up.
Best for making virtual contact: If you want someone to actually read your personal - not work - emails, send them on Sundays, say web research company eMarketer.
Their research shows that "open" and "click" rates for emails sent then are higher than any other day, with just over 30 per cent of recipients opening their emails instantly.
The worst day is Wednesday, with an open rate of just 23 per cent.
By KATE WIGHTON on 14th October 2010.
Tuesday ... the most popular day to have a baby - but Saturdays are best if you want your child to be a winner..
BLUE Monday? Nah, Tuesday is when we're most likely to feel down in the dumps, according to latest research from the London School of Economics.
But whatever day it is, there's always something we can do to get the most out of life -KATE WIGHTON reports.
MONDAY
Best for de-stressing: Find time to chill out, advises a study in the British Medical Journal. It says you are 20 per cent more likely to die of a heart attack on a Monday due to the fall-out from weekend alcohol bingeing and the stress of returning to work.
Best for staying put: Avoid the stress of blaring horns and traffic jams by working from home. The AA says their busiest time on the roads is from 8am to 10am on Mondays when cars won't start because of flat batteries after they've been left standing over the weekend.
Rubbish for starting a diet: A third of people who begin to cut calories on a Monday have given it up by Tuesday evening, according to a Yahoo poll.
TUESDAY
Best for nailing that to-do list: We're most productive, on this day, with almost a quarter of UK executives polled by Gallup saying it's the day to get things done. A huge 39 per cent said Monday was their least productive day.
A separate study by the US Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology says our rational "left" brain dominates thinking early in the week and is better for routine, mundane jobs.
WEDNESDAY
Best for looking for love: This day is ideal for a first date, say more than 40 per cent of 8,000 singletons polled. If it goes well you get a handy day's breathing space before the follow-on Friday date. And if it doesn't work out, you can arrange to see friends at the weekend and not dwell on your disaster.
Asking for a raise: Bosses are most receptive to requests for pay rises on Wednesdays, a survey of more than 1,500 UK top brass shows. On Mondays, they're too busy prepping for the week ahead and dealing with emails from the weekend. And by Thursday and Friday, they're thinking about the weekend and more likely to turn down requests.
THURSDAY
Best for hospital stays: Check in on a Thursday and you're more likely to be forced to stay longer - a full 24 hours more than patients admitted on a Sunday - according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Patients admitted on a Thursday stay 6.3 days on average, compared with 5.3 on a Sunday.
FRIDAY
Best for quitting smoking: Stub out the fags on this day and you can survive the temptations of the weekend, US researchers found. This is because the first few days are when your willpower is at its strongest.
Rubbish for making big decisions: We're more likely to be sleep-starved at the end of the working week and less able to think clearly, according to body clock expert Martin Moore-Ede. And while investors play safe earlier on, they're statistically more likely to take risks on a Friday to hit their end-week targets, say economists from Emporia State University in Kansas.
SATURDAY
Best for staying sober: There are almost 70 per cent more admissions to hospital on this day due to alcohol abuse compared to the daily average, according to the British Medical Journal.
Best for having a baby: While Tuesdays are the most popular day to have babies, the Office for National Statistics shows, Saturdays are best if you want your child to be a winner.
According to the ONS, children born on this day have a better chance of becoming Prime Minister - of 21 PMs since 1900, six have been born on a Saturday.
SUNDAY
Best for eating out: Preparing a traditional Sunday roast is more stressful than going to the dentist, according to one in five people surveyed. So take the load off and treat you and yours - meaning someone else can deal with the washing up.
Best for making virtual contact: If you want someone to actually read your personal - not work - emails, send them on Sundays, say web research company eMarketer.
Their research shows that "open" and "click" rates for emails sent then are higher than any other day, with just over 30 per cent of recipients opening their emails instantly.
The worst day is Wednesday, with an open rate of just 23 per cent.
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