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Hey guys! I have been working on a “Setting Goals” post so keep your eyes open for it! It as going to go out on the same day as my next weekly post (which will be another conjoined one for weeks 5 & 6.) Cant wait to share-i Definitely want y'all to respond and share your goals with me on the comments once it is posted :) 

Love you all,

Kiersten Renee 

(yes, I know im slacking but I am working on it, I promise.) 

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Weeks Three and Four at a Glance

Hey guys! Long time no talk…my bad. 

Quick synopsis about weeks 3 and 4; we don’t have the time to read about every detail about what went right or wrong. But I will give you the fun facts. Just know I keep on making my brain grow from my mistakes in pretty much every situation so far. 

Also, quick side note: I’m so sorry I fell behind. With the move and going to Florida so much happened in such a short amount of time. I’ll be better. 

Anywho…lets go. 

Week three: 

-acting studio forgot about me, their scheduling is shit and I am now 6 classes behind. (Big ole middle finger to that situation).

-I went to Florida to surprise my fam. It was pure magic and the little getaway was 100% rejuvinating. Got to see my Floridians that I have grown to love and miss so so much. And I got to spend so much time with Freckles and Lil Nugget. Who is the real winner here? Me.

-Got lost in the airport when I came back…didn’t know there was a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PART OF THE AIRPORT and I parked at the one I wasn’t close to. oops. Always take pictures, friends. 

Week four: 

-moved into my town home (NO LONGER LIVIN LIKE A WORLD TRAVELER IN AND OUT OF AIR BNB’S.) My roommates rock and I have already gotten close to these people. Shout out to you guys for already dealing with me :)

-I went out with a coworker until 5 am one night…oops. Let’s just say that was an interesting night and I don’t think I’ll be doing that again. 

-Also had my first work bonding. Bet you would never guess what it was…unless you follow me on instagram. Then you definitely already know…AXE THROWING. I think everyone should try it at least once. Seriously, think of one thing you hate the most and use that to channel your inner bad axe ;) to SLAYYYYY. Seriously. Do it. 

-started walking for wag. Got so many cute clients and made some bankkkkk. 10/10 recommend if you are wanting some puppy therapy and an extra $100 a week to spend. 

Alrighty that about sums it up. Those were my experiences. 

I’ve been kind of in a quarter of a life crises lately because I know what I want but it is so so hard to get there. It would be so much easier to give up, but HAHAHAHA not gonna happen. I just keep making stupid mistakes that could so easily be avoided. I’m working really hard but I definitely know it looks like I am a shit show all of the time. Surely some of you guys understand???  I can’t wait to share my experiences with you about auditions and all of that. I think you guys will really like it. 

Hope you all are killin’ the game of life. Feel free to share any exciting moments you have had recently (or not so great ones…I get that…).

I will be posting week 5 super shortly and then I PROMISE to be on track with week 6 and so on. Also, after a month of doing this, I have officially decided to get creative with my blog titles instead of “Week blah blah blahhhh”. 

Thanks for reading, guys. I really appreciate the constant love and support. 

So much love and positive vibes, 

Kiersten Renee 

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Girl, where you at?

Literally, so much has been going on and I have had no time to write a post. BUT. one is definitely in the works and you will all be totally filled in. I can't wait to share with you how the past 2 weeks have been. I have missed you guys. 

stay tuned. I promise it is coming! 

love always, 

Kiersten Renee

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Question when’s you’re book coming out? Totally going to be better than Lauren graham’s or Anna Kendrick’s or Lilly Collins. Have you just not made the other tabs or am I just stoopid and don’t know how to find them?

book date-pending. def a close competitor to those icons. you're not stoooopid. just use your laptop next time ;P

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Week 2: First Time for Everything

Hey friends! 

I had a very overwhelming week 1 in Atlanta. But thats not a bad thing. Let’s talk about it. 

I started my week exploring, but not truly enjoying the scenery and things happening around me. I was so stressed out about getting a job, getting my acting classes started back up here in ATL, and just getting used to being a city girl. While I was so stressed out I deep down knew that it would all work out so I needed to just GO OUTSIDE, BE PRESENT, LIVE A LITTLE…that isn’t what I did. I went outside and explored cool running places to de-stress but I didn’t do anything out of pleasure. 

At the end of the week I got a Hostess job, so I started that (Ive never worked in a restaurant. First time for everything) and I really like the people. They already treat me like family and I’m already invited to outings with all of them so I think they like me. Or, I guess they could have invited me to take me somewhere to kill me but I’m going to assume I am wrong in that assumption and choose positivity by saying they just want to hang out with me! Yeah. I like that. 

The second I was hired I worked the next three nights. Honestly, I enjoy being the face people see when they first step into the restaurant (maybe they will remember me!) but it definitely got overwhelming. My first day was a Thursday and their busiest day is Friday. So I got to start on a night where it was a pretty frequent flow, but easy to get used to. But then Friday came and I swear I blacked out for those 7 hours because HOLY SHIT IT WAS CRAZY. There was live music, people everywhere, reservations all night and I had to take care of basically everything. Good thing that wasn’t my first night because they would have fired me right there. Thank God I had that Thursday to get somewhat adjusted to the restaurant life. You people that had serving as your first job ever, good for you. I cant imagine what 18 year old me would have done…cried? Left?..I don’t know but it wouldn’t have gone well.

HOWEVERRRRRR, I guess it went pretty well because when I went in on Saturday they said I did great with such an un-ideal evening. So yay, go me! 

So thats how the job went. Now on to better things, I. MADE. FRIENDS. 

Now I knew that this would be hard to do especially because I have changed my standards on people. I know that unhappiness is directly connected to toxic and negative people you have in your life. I didn’t want this to happen to me, especially in such a delicate stage in my life. I don’t want toxic people and I want to utilize my positive vibes as much as possible so I need positive people. These friends I have made this week meet the criteria for friendship :)

My job introduced me to a couple of pretty cool people. One is a bartender and sometimes my manager. She’s like the realest person. She always checks on me and doesn’t care if I have asked the same question twice (which I have noticed I do a lot so SORRRYYYY to all of you that this has happened to with me. Short term memory loss. Just call me Dory…..interesting…new stage name?). 

Sorry. 

Back to what I was talking about. 

So yeah she’s cool. The other person is a server there. He like took me under his wing the second I stepped through the doors. He always comes up to the hostess stand to chat with me so yeah, we are for real friends. He knows me now. And I know he is in a band so what more do I need to know?

So those are my work friends. I wish I could name drop…but I’m sure they will both pop up on my instagram in the near future. 

Alright alright, now to one more friend I made. 

This one is a sibling of a friend from Florida. WOAHHHH COOL RIGHT? I can finally have conversations about Florida and the people there and she understands! Dope. But anyways, I met up her at Ponce City Market (go there. Do yourself a favor, drop what you’re doing and begin your drive specifically for Ponce City Market. I will talk cool stuff about it in my places tab of the blog) and we had drinks. We went to a place called “The Tap” and it was magical. It was like a Yogurt Land for beer/wine/cider. AMAZING, Y’ALL. Now I had to be at work at 5 and still chose to go hang out with them at 3 because I wanted to be a dedicated friend. It was so worth it. I made other friends in the group she was with and when I left they all said I can hang out with them any time. SO YAY. Things are working out for me! I can totally see that group being a solid choice for me when I want to have a fun time. 

OH but I forgot to mention a crucial part of this week. I came home from work one night and the airbnb couple that is hosting me were THROWING A PARTY. Big party. Cars parked all over the place..up the street, down the street, driveway, yard, the whole sha-bang. But this wasn’t just any party…it was their engagement party….? Like thanks for telling me! Congrats???? 

In all seriousness though, it was cool. Made some friends that night too. They invited me to get sushi. It’s a real friendship now. 

But now it’s time for real talk. Even though there are so many good things happening around me, I am still a wreck. It has been two weeks from the day I left the place that everything was good and comfortable. That is my biggest struggle, I think. Realizing that it is okay to be alone and that I need to embrace it while I can. Realizing that the only way I am going to accomplish and crush my goals is through getting out of my comfort zone. I need to break every single mold I have for myself and create a new one. I mean, after all…I am a whole new person now.

I truly believe that in just a couple of weeks I have changed. I am less independent, but I can tell my brain wants to change that. I am so much more scared of my surroundings, but again, I want to change that. I also think the more positive aspects of me are changing (for the better, of course). I am so open to new adventures. I am more driven and passionate about my dreams turning into reality. I am so much more loving and caring (who knew that was possible?) because apparently absence does, in fact, make the heart grow fonder. I miss everyone, but I know this is the start of something CRAZY BIG. 

To be honest, I am feeling good. I am scared a lot, but I know that is a good thing in this case. I cant wait to see what unfolds in this next week and to experience many more “Firsts”!

And for anyone who wants to move to a city or different state, or even country, where you don’t know anyone….I say do it. Do it. Be scared. Be alone. Once you have gone through those things you begin to realize who you are and you see the beauty of the things and people around you. You create a whole new self and it is so rewarding. Plus, you find out there are so many people around you that have gone through/are going through the same thing. You got this. 

Alright, this was week two everyone. Lets see about week three!

Talk soon, 

 Kiersten 

(p.s. don’t forget to check out the other sections of the blog! My thought bubble page is gonna get pretty interesting with all the shit that is going on. Love you all!)

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Week 1: Beaches to Peaches

Hey guys! 

Thanks for joining me. This is gonna be a crazy ride and you get to witness all of it. You get to see behind the scenes of a small-town girl chasing a big city dream. 

Alrighty, here’s the sitch: 

I just moved to Atlanta. Like, just moved. August 1st. I moved here from a cute little beach town in Florida where life was perfect and grand, simple and…beachy. Now this place was special to me. I really created a version of myself that I grew to love. It was hard as fuck, and I went through some intense shit to find that love, but I found it. And that is EXACTLY what I moved to Florida to do. I needed to find myself. I was going through a lot being right out of college, having that rough transition of not living with your friends anymore and the harsh reality check of “oh shit..they don’t actually teach you how to adult in college..? Or did they and I missed that class because I was too hungover to function in society?” So, I decided to move to Florida. Pretty spontaneous too..like I knew I wanted to leave and I knew I wasn’t meant to be in Missouri…and there was no way I could afford to pack up and move to Hollywood like I WANTED to do. So I didn’t. I just moved to Florida.

Now don’t get me wrong, I had great people in Missouri and it was hard to let them go (physically of course..I still talk to them; I’m not an asshole. But you know, it’s different after you move away). But anyways, I met lifelong friends in college, my family lives in Missouri, and all of my childhood memories were there. But, once I graduated college, I knew there were better things out there for me.  

At the time, I wasn’t scared. I was SO excited. My cousin lived there for a few years with her family and I wanted to be around them. At the time I was just supposed to live there for the summer after college and then I was moving to Los Angeles to chase my movie star dreams. But PLOT TWIST: I stayed much longer than anticipated. 

I had no idea that this would end up happening, obviously, but my cousin and her family became my second family. I never would have imagined the huge impact they would have on my life and heart. Weird, right, they were already family but then they became so much more than that. I didn’t want to leave. So I kept pushing off my move date and three months became six, six became ten, and ten became 14 months in Florida. My whole life I wanted to live in Cali but throughout my time in Florida, my path became more apparent. I was meant to go to Atlanta, Georgia. SOOOOO here I am. 

Now how does your mind just change from literally growing up craving that California lifestyle and then suddenly, within the course of 14 months, do you just decide Atlanta is where your supposed to be? Well..I wish I had that answer. Im still asking myself that same question. 

While I believe my decision was based on the fact that the film industry is currently so much better in Atlanta than in Los Angeles, I think there is more to it. I don’t know what yet, but I hope it was meant to be. Because moving to a city you don’t know a single person in is the scariest shit I have been through in my life. Why do I constantly have to leave familiar faces and have the constant feeling of “missing” someone/everyone? 

Moral of the story, I’m starting this blog for you to follow along this journey with me. I want everyone to be able to see the heartache, the fun, the fear, the adrenaline, and then rewards that come from chasing your dreams. I am so so fortunate to have an amazing family that is supporting my every move in this huge phase of my life. It’s overwhelming, to be honest. And all of my friends constantly call/text to tell me they are my biggest fans already and they are rooting for me. Everyone needs that support system for ANY dream. 

I will be completely raw and open about it all. I want everyone to see what I am going through to make my dreams come true because it sure as hell will NOT be easy. Ive only been on my own here for 5 days as I write this and I am here to say, as hard as all of the goodbyes and see ya laters were, that was the easy stuff. This career is cut throat, but I want to be as kind and fair as I can. 

So there is the backbone of this blog. I wanted to give you a little story about how I ended up here. I am so glad I did because I know my dreams are right around the corner, and now you get to experience it with me. 

Thanks for the support and love, homies. 

Kiersten