Birthday wishes and Boarding passes

Its officially my favorite month of the year… May 💗🌸

May feels like the month where everything starts coming back to life again. Flowers start blooming, the weather gets warmer, sunsets stay longer, and suddenly life feels exciting again. For me, May has always felt a little extra special because it’s my birthday month.

This year, I’m turning 25… and honestly, I still don’t know how I feel about it. It feels strange in the most beautiful way. I don’t feel old, but I definitely don’t feel like the same girl I was a few years ago. I’ve changed so much through traveling, friendships, mistakes, memories, and experiences that completely reshaped me.

To me, 25 feels less about “having life figured out” and more about finally becoming comfortable with who I am. I’m learning to slow down and appreciate the little things around me instead of constantly chasing the next thing. I’m learning that growing older isn’t something to fear — it’s actually something really beautiful.

I have clients who tell me they don’t celebrate their birthdays because it reminds them they’re getting older, and honestly, that makes me sad. Getting older used to scare me too, but now I see it differently. Every single year of your life holds memories, lessons, people, places, accomplishments, and different versions of yourself that helped shape who you are today. Growing older is a privilege. Not everyone gets the opportunity to experience new chapters, deeper connections, more confidence, and more life. So if you do, celebrate it.

I truly believe your birthday should be the one day — or honestly the one week or month :) out of the year where you allow yourself to indulge a little. Go shopping, book the trip, go to dinner, wear the outfit, romanticize your life, celebrate yourself for all the hard work, healing, growing, and surviving you’ve done over the past year. You deserve that!

And that is exactly what I plan on doing.

For the past three years, Ive done nothing but travel the world and chase experiences. As beautiful as it all was, I sacrificed a lot of time with my friends and family along the way. For the longest time, I felt like something was missing, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. Then I realized… all I really wanted was to be closer to the people I love most.

Which brings me to this birthday trip.

My best friend, my sister, my person, finally lives closer to me now, and honestly, that alone feels like one of the greatest gifts life could’ve given me this year. So for my birthday, and to celebrate both of our accomplishments, we decided it was time for the girls trip we’ve talked about for years.

And when I say we are doing this trip RIGHT… I mean it.

This is honestly giving me the same energy as my Europe trip — one of those once in a lifetime experiences where you fully let yourself indulge and enjoy everything you’ve worked so hard for. There probably won’t be another trip like this for me again this year, which honestly makes it feel even more special. This trip is about celebrating life, friendship, growth, and all the hard work that got us here.

We’re starting the trip with a Bruno Mars concert (and if you know me, you KNOW how much I love Bruno Mars), then we’re flying to San Diego, Vegas, and ending the trip at the Grand Canyon. It’s definitely going to be chaotic, spontaneous, emotional, exhausting, but definitely unforgettable all at the same time.

But more than anything, I’m just grateful I get to experience it with someone who means so much to me.

My friend Isabella has been in my life since middle school, and I genuinely don’t even know where to begin when talking about her. She is beautiful, smart, funny, caring, hardworking, and one of the most incredible girls I know. Watching her grow into the woman she is today has been so special to witness, and I’m beyond proud of everything she’s accomplished. So yes… we are absolutely celebrating properly.

This trip is something we both desperately need right now, and deep down, I really think it’s going to be life-changing for both of us.

I’m so excited to take you guys along for the journey.

Andddd if anyone wants to contribute to two girls in their mid-20s trying to romanticize their lives and make questionably financial decisions for the sake of memories… we would not be mad about it hahaha 💗

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