I hope you've been able to live a whole and fulfilling life full of lovesome moments. I hope you've learned to show up for yourself and be gentle everyday. I want you to feel beautiful inside and out regardless of what goes on around you, remember that no one else can define or dictate what your life has been other than yourself, as long as you've continued to show up and become better there's no reason to dwell on the past.

I hope you've learned by now how to be the person I'm currently struggling everyday to become. I hope you've learned to be a more emotionally available daughter and sister. I hope you finally overcame the fear of going to therapy and have been able to work over your past experiences. I want you to guide your life with the values of faith, kindness, determination, and love to yourself and others.


You should be a few days away from turning 25, half way through to get to thirty, how exciting yet nerve wrecking! I hope you got to graduate college and have been able to put your money into the right places. I hope you're still planning on living outside the country and planning that out. I don't think there's any reason to not own a home by now with the money we've been making. Besides all the important adult stuff I hope you've been able to continue adding to the list of places we've visited. I hope you've had your Italian summer by now that we've been dreaming of since high school. I'm not sure if you'll still be serving but if you're not I hope you've been on track with becoming an editorial journalist for a fashion magazine somewhere.


I really don't like school so I'm not sure if I'll be done by when I'm supposed to, I'm considering taking a break but I'm just nervous that if I take a break I won't come back and I at least want to have a degree in something to feel more secure. With the money I'm making right now it feels like such an easy choice to take a break but I know i can't be in this industry forever so even though it seems easy right now I need to be smart for you, my future self.

What advice do you want to give your future self?
Some advice I'd want to give you is to not lose touch of what you love, it's something we've always lived by because it's something we always manage to forget. Don't forget that the point of life is to give it purpose with fulfilling moments, keep dancing, keep expanding your music taste, keep traveling, keep visiting the ocean, make good friends, go to pilates, eat good food, take care of yourself physically and mentally. We only get one life and one body, take care of yourself and make the best out of this life.

(I'm currently on month 3 of living in your own apartment for the first time, sharing it with Anthony. Still overcoming our problems but trying our best to show up and grow. Working our first season at LIV Beach and focusing on showing that I've got what it takes. Finding how to live with all these new changes and still be myself.)

I love you, take care
Ari <3