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Posted On: August 22nd 2026, 04:00 pm
I honestly debated whether I wanted to talk about this because it’s not exactly the most impressive part of my journey.💀

But that’s kind of the entire point of my page.

I’m not here to pretend I’ve figured everything out.

I started this account on April 16th, spent the next few months learning and building, and then took basically the entire month of June off.

And when I came back, I could feel the difference.

My reach wasn’t what it had been.

Some of my reels were getting barely any views.

I lost followers.

And it was really easy to sit there and think:

“Well, I guess Instagram killed my account.”

But if I’m being completely honest?

I did.

I stopped showing up.

I stopped creating.

I stopped talking to my audience.

I basically took all the momentum I had spent months building and put it on pause.

And I’m not saying this to scare anyone away from taking a break.

Sometimes you genuinely need one.

But for me, I learned that there’s a difference between taking care of yourself and completely abandoning something you’re trying to build.

And I’m choosing accountability over excuses.

I did it.

I can fix it.

So that’s what I’m doing.

I’m back to posting, learning, testing, and figuring this thing out in real time.

And if you’re new here, you’re basically watching me rebuild the account I almost killed HAHA.

Honestly?

I’m kind of curious to see what happens & that’s why I’m documenting it.
Comments (7)
nuagescpa a month ago

nuagescpa

The “Instagram killed my account” realization is painfully relatable. It’s so easy to blame the algorithm when the real answer is sometimes much less mysterious and much more empowering: you can change what you’re doing and see what happens next.

khoulailyascreative 2 months ago

khoulailyascreative

The “I could feel the difference” part is so real 😭 Sometimes you don’t realize how much consistency matters until you stop.

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taliyarosecreative 2 months ago

taliyarosecreative

Thanks for sharing with such honesty. It’s important to share the downs as well as the ups of building an online business. We all make mistakes, need a break or just plain get fed up sometimes, that’s just part of being human. But picking yourself back up and moving forward is the difference between success and failure. I’m glad you made the choice to come back and rebuild 👏💖

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