The Winter Arc is upon us

Wake up babe, October 1 is the new January 1

While many of you might be waiting until the new year to set goals, many Gen Zers did that a few days ago and have already started transforming their lives.

It’s all because of a trend called Winter Arc that encourages participants to eschew the inclination to hibernate and watch TV as the days get shorter and instead use the last three months of the year to get a head start on resolutions and develop healthy habits.

The concept of the Winter Arc has bubbled in fitness communities for a while but it’s exploded in popularity on TikTok this week because of Carly Berges, a self development mentor who lives in Miami. The 27-year-old posted a video outlining how she was embarking on Winter Arc on October 1 to change her life by the new year and it’s since been watched more than four million times, inspiring a spike on Google Search.

As Berges explained on TikTok Winter Arc is all about, “getting super laser focussed on your goals, on your personal development, on your growth”, so that by Jan…