Why October Feels Like a Second New Year (And How to Actually Use It)
Have you noticed everyone suddenly talking about fresh starts again — in October? If your feed has been full of people making new goal lists, cleaning out their closets, and swearing off their summer bad habits this week, you've met the "October theory," and it's having a real moment on TikTok right now. Here's the idea in a nutshell: October 1st works like a second New Year's Day. We spend January 1st loaded down with resolutions, most of which quietly dissolve by February. But October hits differently. The air changes, the light gets softer, and something in us just wants to shed what isn't working — like the trees do. Psychotherapist Brianna Paruolo, who's been quoted on the trend, put it beautifully: autumn "often sparks a natural inclination for transformation," the same way trees let go of their leaves without […]