Despite my best intentions ex-ante, to be happy and light-hearted, during the CNY period, taking stock at around the halfway mark, the outcomes have been pretty average.

Today, on Day 7 of Chinese New Year, the so-called ”人日“ （humankind’s birthday according to Chines folklore), I look back on the Year of the Rabbit so far, and I have cried on:

• Day 1 / 初一 (22 Jan, Sunday) – My mum made me cry
• Day 4 / 初四 (25 Jan, Wednesday) – At least I’m pretty sure I did, although not 100% sure.
• Day 5 / 初五(26 Jan, Thursday) – Yup, definitely! Watching The Bold Type.
• Day 7 / 初七 (28 Jan, Saturday) – This morning. Big Boy-O asked me why I was crying, and I made up some excuse

I don’t think I cried the other days of CNY so far. Although I’m not 100% sure. Days do blur a little for me. But I do know that Big Boy-O, and Baby-F sometimes asking me why I’m crying… but that has happened off and on for a while, so maybe not this past week. And I know that there have been definitely some days I haven’t cried this past week. At least I’m 80-99% sure that is the case.

So, crying probably ~40-60% of the first of CNY (either 3 to 4 days of 7)… is probably not the best statistic and outcome on the planet. Especially given my intention to do my best to be happy, upbeat and light for at least the 2-week CNY period.

But hey… at least it is <100%. I did not cry every day. I’m going to take that as a win.