How do I continue my ACNL from August?

Aurora

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Life got in the way the last few months and the last day I played ACNL was August 6th and I want to start playing again. Thing is, I wouldn't want to mess up my village and jump to today's date so I'd have to catch up a whole 4 months.
I hardly remember my town but I know I had a lot of villagers and money and unlocked that I was happy with. I just don't know if it would be worth it to play through from August, or to start a new town with a fresh head.

Just wanting opinions here, what would you do?

Aurora
 
Logging in right now will have dramatic effects on your flowers and your neighbours. I would suggest to change your DS date to August 7th or 8th 2013 and log in. The game will think you've been gone for only 1 or 2 days. Talk to everyone to know what's going on and do your daily business. Sell some the fruits, look for fossils, go shopping.

When you are done you save and log out, set the date 1 or 2 days ahead, and log back in. Talk to all villagers again if you are worried about someone moving out. Keep doing this for as long as needed until you catch up to December and can play normally again.

Don't forget to visit some event days to catch up on event items. :)
 
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id just log in and play. things happen. you can always instill the beautiful ordiance and have it so plants dont whither.
 
Logging in right now will have dramatic effects on your flowers and your neighbours. I would suggest to change your DS date to August 7th or 8th 2013 and log in. The game will think you've been gone for only 1 or 2 days. Talk to everyone to know what's going on and do your daily business. Sell some the fruits, look for fossils, go shopping.

When you are done you save and log out, set the date 1 or 2 days ahead, and log back in. Talk to all villagers again if you are worried about someone moving out. Keep doing this for as long as needed until you catch up to December and can play normally again.

Don't forget to visit some event days to catch up on event items. :)

This is pretty much what you'll have to do if you don't want to lose anything. If i were you, i would do it. Losing progress is harsh.
 
There is a method for dealing with a long hiatus, detailed here. If you don't want to play day by day I would use that.

Then again, when you log in to go through the process, you can always look around your town and see if you really like it or if you want a fresh start!
 
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