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itskierstenrenee-blog · 6 years

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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

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itskierstenrenee-blog · 6 years

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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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