About me

Hi! I’m Aurora

Hey, you! Thank you for visiting my site.

I am an Italian girl, a med student, a self-care junkie, and completely OBSESSED with self-improvement.

You see, something like five or six years ago I was the most insecure creature on this planet. I had no confidence, no sense of self-worth and to be completely honest, even no dignity sometimes.

Then I started getting a little into self-care. It was my first love. Also, it happened completely by accident, I just always loved watching youtube videos and I suffered from acne a lot when I was younger so it seemed right to look more into it.

From there I discovered everything. How to take care of your skin and hair, and how to groom yourself to be a little more presentable. Somewhere on the line I also got a little bit into fashion, I discovered clothes can be a way to express your personality and values to the world.

Naturally, I started to like myself a little more. I felt different about myself, therefore people started seeing me differently too. I began talking more in class also I suddenly had more boys’ attention. Like what? This felt like a dream come true.

Since I was noticing how these changes affected my life I started noticing my feelings and emotions way more. Up until this point, the only thing I wanted was to suppress any feeling that ever came up.

I felt kind of happy but something was still missing, I could feel it. So why not ask the internet about it? And that’s exactly what I did. Every spare minute I could get – and let’s be honest here, I had a lot – I listened to a podcast, watched youtube videos, read articles, etc.

This is when I discovered I had not even a crumb of self-love in me. Yes, I felt prettier but I also felt like I didn’t deserve any attention and most definitely not love.

I started working on myself more and more to the point where I actually got decent results. I, someone who could not go to the bathroom alone, decided to leave my family behind to live in another city (that’s actually not common in Italy). There I felt like I was a better person, the first year was total bliss. I was making a lot of friends – a huge deal for me – I was going to the gym, I was studying something I loved and I was even doing a great job at it.

Then, a series of awful, and some actually pretty tragic, events that I’m not going to bore you with popped my little bubble of happiness.

I was severely depressed for two years. I started neglecting my appearance again and, if I’m being honest, myself as a person too, sometimes I didn’t even want to eat. I passed the majority of my time in bed, watching Netflix in the safety of my room. I locked myself in my shell and lost almost all of my friends. Also, my grades started to suffer just like I was suffering.

During this time I knew I wanted more from life but I was feeling too sorry for myself to even see that.

At one point I decided I had enough. No more sadness, no more bullshit, I was done. I crafted a plan, I decided I was going to change every habit I had to a new one. Each habit supports one of the goals I have in life.

This is why I started this blog, lepetitapetit.com. This kind of career was what I wanted all along but was too afraid to confess myself.

Actually, it is even bigger than that. Learning to help myself allows me to help you too. When I was younger it was all I ever wanted, someone to guide me in creating my dream life that was already somewhere in my heart.

Obviously, I’m still on this journey myself but by now I know I will get there. I’m testing everything on myself and whenever I’m able to achieve what I want I know I will be able to get you there with me.

Essentially, my hope is to help you create the best version of yourself petit à petit (which is french for a bit by bit).

We will start by working on the outside, hence your appearance, in order for you to feel more confident and empowered on the inside. Slowly but surely I will be able to give you all the tools to achieve anything you want.

I know I can do that for myself, which is why I know I can do that for you too.

From now on, I want you to feel like you can confide in me no matter what. We’ll go through this awesome journey together.

Fun facts about me

• I love me some “aperitivo”, it’s my guilty pleasure. If you come to Italy you must try it. I promise you’ll love it.

• I still need to develop a poker face. If I don’t like you, trust me, you will know it. Sometimes it is nice but other times not so much.

• I have a sister. Love her to pieces but you know siblings, it’s a love-and-hate relationship 😂.

Please feel free to ask me any questions and, if you feel like it, tell me a fun fact about you down below!