The Laziest Days Of 2019: When People Were The Laziest And Least Motivated To Work

Is it one of those days?

The kind of day where you find yourself staring desperately at a blank screen willing words to come out? Or spreadsheet? Or unsanded table? Whatever your work equivalent may be, the point remains, some days getting work done feels impossible.

Good news for you (and bad news for bosses), you’re not alone. Across the country when you’re feeling the laziest at work, so is everyone else. We analyzed our website traffic to find the days when people want to work the least.

The results? Laziness is more than just a mood- it’s a pandemic.

Summary On The Laziest Days Of The Year

• 6 of the 10 laziest days are a Monday. The other 4? Tuesdays.
• April, May, and October are the three laziest months of the year
• Two of the laziest days of the year, October 28th and 29th, occur back to back. Either people -really- look forward to Halloween on the 31st, or it’s been a while since summer vacations and they’re starting to get ansty.
• April 22nd and 23rd also make the top 10- since Easter is on the 21st we can only guess Easter egg hunts make people profoundly unmotivated.
• Mondays are the least motivated day of the week of the week, with 20% of total traffic.

Keep reading to see the days that had the most people hardly working and how we figured this one out. Otherwise, you can scroll to the bottom to see how each day fared.

How We Determined The Laziest Days Of the Year

For this data, we turned to our own website traffic. We analyzed traffic patterns and visitors to our article on How To Overcome No Motivation At Work. People who land on this article are googling terms like “no motivation to work” and “no desire to work.” In other words, these people are the perfect candidates for gauging when the most people are feeling the laziest or least motivated.

This article had relatively flat month-over-month visits with no dramatic traffic fluctuations. This made identifying the least motivated days pretty simple- we simply found the 10 days with the most visitors for all of 2019.

The 10 Laziest Days Of The Year

1. October 29, 2019 – Tuesday
2. April 22, 2019 – Monday
3. April 29, 2019 – Monday
4. November 11, 2019 – Monday
5. April 23, 2019 – Tuesday
6. May 20, 2019 – Monday
7. May 28, 2019 – Tuesday
8. October 15, 2019 – Tuesday
9. April 8, 2019 – Monday
10. October 28, 2019 – Monday

There you have it, the 10 laziest days of the year. Monday and Tuesday dominate the list. That makes sense because according to our data Monday is the least motivated day of the week, responsible for 20% of all visitors.

Motivation builds back slowly throughout the week (or people at least being far less concerned about their lack of motivation later in the work week.) The all time low is on Saturday where no one feels guilty for their sloth!

However, there is a strong month correlation as well. Four of the days are in April and three are in October.

You can see a more in depth visualization of motivation in 2019 below, otherwise keep scrolling for the full data and our closing thoughts on motivation.

The Laziest Days, Weeks, And Months Of The Year

Final Thoughts On The Laziest Days Of 2019

Lack of motivation happens to everyone. However, it is not as random or sporadic as it might feel. Day of the week and time of year play a large role in motivation (or lack thereof!)

So next time you’re struggling to get work done- just remind yourself, it’s not your fault, it might just be a Monday. Shoot, laziness can even be a good thing. Humans aren’t robots after all and aren’t meant to focus monotonously focus on tasks. Maybe next time you’re scrambling to finish that procrastinated spreadsheet at the end of the day, you’ll think of a better, faster way to update it.

Now, if you struggle to get anything done at work most days, that is different. Maybe consider getting a job a little more rewarding or intellectually stimulating.

You can see the full data below:

Author

Kathy Morris

Kathy is the head of content at Zippia with a knack for engaging audiences. Prior to joining Zippia, Kathy worked at Gateway Blend growing audiences across diverse brands. She graduated from Troy University with a degree in Social Science Education.