People will keep seeing last year’s version of you for a while. Keep updating anyway; the picture catches up.

Other people’s idea of you updates slowly, because they are mostly running on the last clear impression they took. That lag is not a judgement, it is what attention does when someone has their own life to keep track of. It also means change feels invisible at the start, exactly when you most want it noticed.

Keep going through the quiet stretch, since the quiet stretch is where the work happens. Let the evidence pile up until seeing you now is easier than remembering you then. The picture updates late, and it usually updates all at once.