Week 1: This is Not a Glow Up

Let’s start here:
I don’t believe in glow-ups.

Or, at least, not the way the internet sells them.
Not the “drink more water and suddenly your ex regrets everything” version.
Not the passive, soft-focus version that pretends self-respect can be bought in a serum.

This isn’t that.
This is a reset that starts in your bones. A total system overhaul. One that requires a schedule, a mirror, a little discipline, and just the right amount of revenge energy.
Not on anyone else—just on every version of yourself that settled.

I built this because I needed it.

Because I was tired.
Tired of chasing routines that looked good on TikTok but didn’t actually fit my life.
Tired of mornings that started with doomscrolling and ended with self-loathing.
Tired of telling myself, “I’ll start fresh Monday,” like my calendar had magical powers.

So I stopped waiting for a new version of me to show up.
And I started building her.

One wake-up time.
One mirror ritual.
One really aggressive fascia massage at a time.

Here’s what I know:

If you don’t change the way you see yourself, nothing else will stick.
You can buy the skincare. You can join the gym. You can eat the protein.
But if your internal wiring still screams “burnout and overcompensation,” your reality will keep matching that.

That’s what this 5-week protocol is for.

Not a glow-up.
Not a rebrand.
A full-blown identity rewire.

So what does that mean?

It means waking up at 4:45 AM before your doubts get loud.
It means moving your body—not to shrink it, but to prove it’s yours again.
It means meditating until your brain stops sprinting in circles and starts listening.
It means getting quiet enough to hear your own voice—and loud enough to actually follow it.

And yes, it means drinking the water.
And eating the real meals.
And doing the things that used to make you roll your eyes because they actually work when you do them with intention.

It’s not pretty at first.

I’m not going to lie—Week One is a little brutal.
You’ll feel dramatic for saying no to plans just to go to bed by 9.
You’ll question if you really need to dry brush your thighs on a Wednesday night.
You’ll definitely wonder if a mirror ritual is too much until it suddenly clicks and you realize…
it’s not too much.
You’ve just been asked to settle for less for so long, that self-respect feels dramatic.

The truth?

You’re not becoming her.
You are her.

You just needed a schedule.
A system.
A little structure to hold you when your willpower taps out.

And that’s what this is.

Not a glow-up.
Not a phase.
Just the first week of a life that finally fits.