I know. January is the worst time to share health and fitness goals if you don't want people to assume you've fallen victim to diet culture; but I'm not here to share this year's ambitions because I think my fat body is unworthy or because society has sold me a new fad diet. I'm here to share the personal goals I've set for myself this year, because over the past 5 or so months I have seen a real change in the way I think and feel about myself, all a positive consequence of becoming more active. Becoming active is something that has become a happy new addition to my life, I'm creating new habits that just so happen to be healthy, and my happiness has soared. This isn't about diet culture. This is about me.

It feels odd to see in a new year, one that many are filling with hope, and not acknowledge the difficulties of 2020. It's easier, though, to look forward and imagine all the possibilities that 2021 might bring; more vaccines becoming available, lockdowns easing and one day, ending, no longer being in a global pandemic but instead, moving to a new normal that loosely resembles life 'before'. Never have I felt more unsettled as we start a new year, trying to focus on my own little bubble and things I have control over, whilst wondering how 2021 could possibly outdo 2020.