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March 2, 2022

Wow. Well that was probably my longest content creation/blogging break EVER. Sorry for disappearing like that. Truthfully, the last quarter of 2021 and beginning of this year have been a whirlwind. In the best way! I was traveling a ton. I spent the holidays with my fiancé and family. I got COVID (okay, so everything wasn’t all rainbows & sunshine, lol). I spent time in Florida soaking up some much-needed sun and fresh air. I road-tripped back to NYC, only to jump right into wedding planning (updates coming soon!) and then traveling back down to Miami for a dual-purpose trip to celebrate my birthday and do some wedding venue hunting.

So yeah. I’ve been busy.

But truthfully, I also needed this break because I was exhausted. I was burnt out. I was experiencing crippling self-doubt and perfectionist paralysis. I had all this fall and holiday content that I thought I wanted to create, but couldn’t find the time or motivation or drive to actually do it. It was a rough combo to say the least.

So here we are—five months since my last blog post. Another year older(!). And ready for a fresh start in 2022. I feel like I’ve mentioned this before on here, but I love the New Year and especially love getting a fresh start around my birthday which falls about 6 weeks into the year. And this year for 29, I have some big plans.

So. Onto some housekeeping since I’ve been away.

First, a very important announcement about my social media channels. I’m deleting them all. KIDDING! Hah gotcha. No actually I’ve just decided to do something a bit less drastic but a long time coming…I changed my handles. Across the board.

I explained all of this over on my Instagram story a couple days ago and saved them to a highlight on my page if you’re curious. Essentially, this blog will remain The Pretty Little Hustler, for now at least. But going forward you can find me on all platforms as @bykacienelson. It may seem small, and in the grand scheme of life it is, but I’m so excited for this change.

Honestly, while I love this blog name and it will always be special to me, it doesn’t really feel like me anymore. I cringe internally when people refer to me by the pretty little hustler in real life. And to state the obvious, I’m not sure I’m much of a hustler anymore. I started this thing when I was just 24 years old. A starry-eyed transplant in the city, enamored with the hustle and bustle and craving excitement.

It’s been nearly five years since then and a lot of things have changed. I’m still a wildly ambitious person with dreams that I am dying to achieve…but I’ve also slowed down significantly. Surely, the pandemic had a lot to do with that but I’ve also realized that I like this new pace of living. My focus these days is to be more intentional with my time and energy. To live with less clutter. To go at my own pace and do things that feed my soul and make me feel good. Hustle culture, which was peaking in 2017, let’s be honest, is no longer of interest to me.

All in all, this change feels more like ME. Plus the chances of me getting sick of the new handles are slim to none since it’s my name, hah! I’m excited to start posting again as myself, and keeping The Pretty Little Hustler blog as just an extension of me versus the whole umbrella.

What You Can Expect From Me Going Forward

New Content Schedule: In the past I’ve hesitated to share my concrete content schedule with you all because I worried that if I didn’t keep up with it, I’d let you (and myself) down. But I’m realizing now that I was moving from a place of fear so we’re trying something new. I’m sharing my new content posting schedule with you today, so you all can keep me accountable. If I don’t show up when I say I’m going to, with no notice, please feel free to DM or email or comment on my page! Call me out. I’ll be better for it.

So, the March posting schedule is as follows:

You can expect a new blog post from me every Wednesday this month. You can expect an Instagram post from me every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. I’ll also be posting on my new Tiktok every Sunday & Wednesday, so come follow me over there please! On Youtube, you can expect a new video every other Sunday (so two videos this month to ease back in to the platform), with the first one going up on Sunday the 13th!

Newsletter Revamp: I’ve had a newsletter since launching the blog, but historically I only used it to share when a new blog post went live. While I think that strategy was helpful to let you guys know about new content, especially time-sensitive stuff like Black Friday sales, I didn’t love using my newsletter that way. I want it to be a more comprehensive way to connect with you. Subscribing to a newsletter and actually reading it is a big deal, and so I want to add more value to mine and make it worth your time.

Therefore, I’m restructuring my newsletters to be a weekly email that recaps what I shared throughout that week, a place to share new products I’m loving, random things on my mind or that I saw and liked around the internet, and more! This newsletter is really FOR YOU GUYS so if you have anything else you’d like to see specifically in my newsletter, please always feel free to comment here or reply directly to my email. I’d love to hear from you and if you aren’t already on my email list, you can subscribe here.

Wow, if you’ve made it this far, thank you so much for reading and being here. I know blogs aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I still love them and fully plan to maintain mine so it means a lot to have readers like you. I hope that you’re as excited for this new chapter as I am, and please always feel free to share your thoughts and feedback with me throughout this month! I’m taking things one month at a time and I want to make sure I’m creating more of what people want to see. As always, you can find me over on Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter, and Youtube.

See you all again soon!