I got hacked on Instagram

Yes I clicked a link I should not have. It happened to me, my old account, @natalialoveangelou which had 16,000K followers got hacked!

How it happened - I got a message from a friend saying she was opening a clothing line, and without thinking, I clicked the link, I know, I know, I never click links. But I wasn’t thinking, I wanted to support my friend. I have been hacked for 2 weeks now, I got all my friends to report my old account and I also reported them daily. Today I woke up and to my relief Instagram deleted my account. I was happy to see that because at least the hackers are not harassing my friends anymore or using my image to rip people off. They were trying to get money for investing in Bitcoins.

I don’t think I will be able to get the account back, now that Instagram deleted it. What sucks is that it took me years to build it up, to create the content and network with others.

This experience also taught me A LOT.

First: To stay in the present moment. I clicked too fast without taking a moment to pause, which led me right into trouble.

Second: To detach from social media! Use it but with non attachment. Social media isn't who you really are—it's just one part of your life!

Third: To align to my divine. The Universe has my back and I am always supported! No matter how annoying and emotionally draining this experience has been for me. I am already building my new account @therealnataliaangelou up! I have a lot of friends and family who followed me at 5K now!

Last but not least, I can restart! Yes restarting is something we can do anytime! We do not have to wait for something bad to happen, we get opportunities everyday to restart anything. We get to decide what we want to create for our life. We can change anything at anytime too. That is the beauty of living.