I love year-end wrap ups. I’ve seen everything from dating wrapped to napping wrapped to everywhere I took a shit wrapped. They’re weird and reveal just how wacky we all are inside.

On Instagram, I saw a pal had tracked every time she had cried over the last year. I was obsessed, and resolved to do it in 2026.

Well, it’s been a hell of a year so far to start tracking your crying habits!! ICE has invaded our city, people are being unlawfully detained and frankly, I am stressed and tired all the damn time.

Put I persist, for the data. Here is a breakdown from January (and I apologize I have been inconsistent in writing this year - see being stressed and tired for an excuse).

• Times I Cried: 20

• Saddest day of the week: Saturday, with 30% of my crying

• I cried once about someone else, 3 times about current events, 3 times about miscellaneous things, media made me cry 4 times, and I cried 9 times about my personal life. Yikes!

• I also measured what type of crying I did: 4 times were full on tears falling down my face, I sobbed 5 times, and only welled up 11 times.

• My emotional state when crying also varied. I cried happy tears once, I was “bleh” or “good” or “mad” 3 times each. And I was feeling sad 10 times.

If you have questions about how I measure my crying, or would like any other points of data - please let me know. I will try to recap each month, ya know, for fun. Is this fun? I don’t know! I cry a lot, and maybe you do too!

Becoming more unhinged as the months go on,

Yours faithfully,

Martha