It's interesting how Chantal, like clockwork, goes even more insane around this time every year. It typically stews for a few months before the big rebound at the start of the new year (and new me!) but it's a stretch often triggered in October.
I have postulated a couple times before that she has an annual cycle, and that all her other cycles are small gears inside one big gear.
Her annual cycle is kind of like this:
December-January - mostly awol, with not many uploads. Doesn't do much except eat; much of the eating is done privately.
February-April - usually begins several extreme diets of deprivation or utter wackiness. Makes big plans like climbing Mt. Everest or going to the Caribbean
May - usually crashes down from said attempts, has multiple chimpouts, eats as an act of defiance, talks about FA a lot
June-August - Summer gluttony in full swing without any thought about consequences; usually her "happiest" time
September - Usually complains of health issues, gets very chimpy, claims to be planning the most awesome Vlogtober ever
October - Vlogtober gets off to a really embarrassing start, comes off the rails and goes crashing through the bushes in 1-2 weeks
November - Health concerns dominate, but eating increases. This is also the month where relationship issues crop up most often.
December-January - back to mostly awol, not many uploads
It isn't a perfect clockwork, she may spend a little more or less time on any phase. But this has been the rough pattern
We have had almost four years of this, and absolutely zero ever changes. Expect her to have some kind of major health issue or relationship problem next month, and then expect her to eat like a monster and not address it again.
Losing monetization or simply decreased earnings will throw a monkey wrench into the works, and Peetz deciding to flee would be an earth moving development. But for now, she is pretty predictable, year in and year out.
