Researchers in England conducted a survey to figure out the things that are most likely to trigger a bad mood – and came up with a list of 50. Some notable answers included:
- A bad night's sleep
- Stepping in dog crap
- Getting lost
- Your phone battery dying when you're out
- Your favorite sports team losing
A Phillips Hue spokesperson said: "Winter can be a dreary and difficult time - the weather is often cold and wet, we have no money and everyone is generally in a grump."
"This means many more things than usual can put us into a bad mood, something that's not helped by the dark mornings and evenings.
"Lighting not only effects visual conditions, it also influences our biological functions and emotions, while color is thought to have a huge effect on our moods."
Who would have thought that research by a lighting company would have revealed lighting as a potential solution?
How about you?
What is sure to put you in a bad mood?
Here's the full list, by the way:
1. A bad night's sleep
2. Treading in dog mess
3. Having an argument with your partner
4. Getting ill
5. Computer not working
6. When your partner is in a bad mood and brings you down with them
7. Traffic
8. A bad day at work
9. Losing your wallet
10. The boiler breaking down
11. Losing your keys
12. Being late for an appointment
13. Checking your bank account and seeing much less than you'd expected
14. Having to get out of a warm bed on a cold day
15. Winter in general
16. When your public transport doesn't arrive
17. When someone is late to meet you
18. Waking up in the morning and it still being dark outside
19. Not seeing the sun all day during winter
20. Getting a stain on a new top
21. Someone saying something negative about your appearance
22. People talking about Brexit
23. Getting lost
24. Forgetting to set your alarm and oversleeping
25. Getting rained on while walking to work
26. A bad haircut
27. Phone battery running low
28. A bad hair day
29. A bad skin day
30. Having no phone signal
31. Your phone battery dying when you're out
32. Getting to the car and realising you have to de-ice the windows
33. Icy roads
34. When it's only just been payday but you're already low on cash
35. When you order clothes online and they don't fit
36. Having to stay late at work
37. Your umbrella blowing inside out
38. People spoiling a TV show you haven't seen yet
39. Realising your holiday is still months away
40. Back seat drivers
41. Getting toothpaste on your top as you're about to leave the house
42. Your football team losing
43. Making a cup of tea and realising you've got no milk
44. Losing a glove
45. Going on Facebook and realising how pointless it is
46. Burning your toast
47. Losing the TV remote
48. Not being able to find your glasses
49. Being on a diet/health kick
50. Feeling pale during winter