Need Advice on Following Accounts After Mass Following Issue

Hi everyone,

I started growing my Instagram for my brand and made the mistake of mass following around 130 accounts over a couple months period. Honestly, I wasn't even aware that this wasn't allowed. I had to pause my project during the summer, so I haven't even logged into that IG account the past few months.

Just this week I started to continue working on my project, but now I keep getting the message, "Your request is pending – some accounts prefer to manually review followers," every time I try to follow a new account.

Since then I've learned about mass following and plan on stopping this tactic, but how will I be able to organically follow accounts now that I really want to connect with? Seems my account is now restricted. Has anyone experienced this issue? How long does it usually take to resolve, and are there any specific steps I can take to get back to normal? Any advice on how to avoid this in the future would also be appreciated!

Thanks!