January Reflections: One Year Of Writing + Diet Culture Thoughts

Dry Jan + Intense Workout Routines are Baked in Diet Culture: Finding Sustainable, Long-Term Habit Changes That Actually Work For You

Happy January -

Now that it’s 2026, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on this past year of this Substack project:

• one whole year of conversations (26 recorded, to be exact)

• one whole year of writing solo essays every other week

• one whole year of diving deeper into the body image realm

It’s my reflection on these solo essays I literally forced myself to wri…