Loser's Day (16/12)

Every third Friday in December there is an unofficial holiday called Loser Day or Underdog Day. They know about it in many countries.

This is a fun and sad holiday at the same time. On the one hand, people who are unable to take a step to avoid getting into some ridiculous position, who get a negative result or loss at the end of the effort, cause an involuntary smile, but this smile is often colored with notes of sympathy.

After all, a person feels his place, status, position differently, that is, different people have different options for self-perception and attitude to reality. For some, failure turns into everyday life, and they are ready to smile at it along with others; for others, it turns into a source of constant stress and can plunge it into a state of depression.

The organizers of this unusual holiday call on all people who have in one way or another secured the unofficial status of a loser to continue to fight hard and be active, because this is the only way to overcome this psychological barrier, reach a new level, prove their worth and success. Learning to treat your failures correctly: drawing conclusions, not becoming despondent, continuing to strive for success, smiling at misses – is a difficult task, but doable.

The online community offers several more dates to celebrate Loser's Day. One of them falls on October 13 and is called International Loser Day. Some resources indicate that this holiday originated in Finland. Another date is January 17. Such discrepancies in dates gradually make us think that the problems of losers, like this phenomenon itself, are quite widespread throughout the world.

Traditionally, on Loser Day, individual sites and forums bring together those who consider themselves to be among the people whose failures have already become an integral part of their lives. The organizers of the Day invite people to share their failures, listen to others and, perhaps, understand that their problem is not at all as terrible as what they hear from their brothers on the topic of discussion.

Support from those who are ready to understand a person, knowing firsthand what it means to «be a loser», will not be superfluous. It’s also nice to remember on this day that, after all, some things ended successfully, even if they were not so noticeable.



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