Nara Smith Writes Heartfelt Letter to Her Teenage Self as She Reflects on 2024: ‘Building the Life That She Desires’

Nara Smith is reflecting on her successful 2024.

The mom of three, 23, took to TikTok on Dec. 30 to share some of the highlights from the past year, including welcoming her third daughter Whimsy Lou with husband Lucky Blue Smith back in April, going massively viral on TikTok and their move to the East Coast for a “slower life.”

“This year is dedicated to teenage me and all the countless nights she stayed up wondering what she would become,” she narrated over clips from the past year. “Whether she would find her passions and hopefully fall in love one day and build a family; not knowing that marriage and motherhood would find her a lot quicker than she would ever imagine.”

Nara continued her reflections and took a moment to pay tribute to her mother, whom she found “a new admiration for” as she dived deeper into motherhood. She also opened up about how her teenage self “avoided female friendship,” however in 2024, those friendships “came in abundance in the form of new sisters.”

“I wish I could tell myself that I would spend countless hours in the kitchen baking and cooking,” she continued. “But also find myself finally modeling like I always wanted to, and doing that alongside my family.”

She also talked about “spending time with the love of my life” and “taking no moment for granted” as she and her family moved to the East Coast.

As she continued to address her younger self in the TikTok video, she also reflected on the internet criticism she received for her videos this year. “Even though what she was building came with a lot of opinions and backlash, she still found herself showing up every single day not only for her but for every young girl that’s just a girl with big dreams,” she narrated in the clip.

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Nara previously opened up to PEOPLE about her approach to content creation on Dec. 27 as one of 2024’s Creators of the Year. She explained that she doesn’t make content for “a specific type of audience” and focuses more on sharing her life and “whatever resonates with people.”

“To me, it brings me joy that people take whatever they want to take away from my content and that [part] resonates with them,” she said. “I don’t feel like I want to target anyone specific because I just want it to be a place people come to for inspiration.” 

She also opened up about motherhood while she navigates raising three young children and talked about giving herself “grace” and “trying not to do everything and anything just to do it.” 

“I realized that not everything can be perfect,” she continued. “[Sometimes] I won’t be able to put them down at a certain time every night because that’s just not what my schedule allows, or just not being as perfect in what I want to do. My motto [has been], ‘Just do your best and you’ll be fine’ and that’s pretty much what I did.”

But after an incredibly fulfilling 2024, Nara teased more exciting things to come in the new year and hopes people feel inspired to “embrace whatever they want to do and do it.”

“It’s so beautiful seeing people do whatever they please,” she added. “I don’t feel like trends need to be something that we need to adhere to. While they’re fun and it can be fun to experiment, I also feel like someone being authentically themselves is just as beautiful.”