My 2023 Retrospective

While there’s no actual deadline, timeline or expectation when it comes to sharing my retrospectives, I do prefer sharing them at the very end of the calendar year. But that clearly did not happen last year, so here I am, sharing this retrospective over a month later than I originally planned. And …

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My 2022 Retrospective

If you’re reading this blog post, you’re likely thinking to yourself, “Is that title a typo? Alexa does know it’s 2024 and that last year was 2023, right?” This title is, in fact, not a typo – I’m writing up a retrospective for 2022 because 1) I can do whatever I want to on this blog since 2) it’s …

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2024

I truly didn’t mean to disappear from this online space of mine for months on end yet again in 2023. I had the best of intentions to pick up where I’d left off until I slowly found the momentum to be a consistent blogger… except that totally didn’t end up being the case and anyone who’s popped over…

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A Decade of Memories

It's absolutely wild to think that 2022 marks ten whole years of my friendship with Rachel. I didn't know it back when we first met, but Rachel is, without any doubt, one of my best friends. We've been through our fair share of ups, downs and all arounds (seriously, the last ten years h…

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2022: My Q1 Recap

It almost feels foreign to be typing up a brand new blog post after months of not even coming close to opening up Blogger. I kept wanting to wait for the perfect time to go back to blogging, but as life keeps so helpfully reminding me this year, there is no such thing. You've just got to do the…

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My 2021 Retrospective

I could never have foreseen the fact that I would be typing up this yearly retrospective for 2021 while I'm recovering from a mild case of COVID. I definitely didn't think I was doing to sit down and do this post this year after the last week, but the tradition runs too strong in my blood f…

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Autumn Bucket List

Back in June, I shared my summer bucket list ! I was determined to make the most of the summer, especially now that we can (with caution) be out and about more often. I honestly feel like I did a pretty good job enjoying my favorite season with my favorite people, and really, I couldn't ask for …

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Summer Bucket List

My friend Rachel has always shared her summer bucket lists , and it's always been fun to see how much of it she manages to complete at the end of the season (and how many items I was along for the ride for). And my friend Kristin shared her summer bucket list recently to remind me that I wanted …

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ALB Turns 10!

It feels surreal to be able to say that today, the 13th of April 2021, is officially when this blog of mine turns ten years old. I certainly had no idea when I hit publish on that very first post that this would be my longest-running personal project (and specifically my longest surviving blog, as …

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2021

It's become an annual tradition (fourth year running now!) for my sister Rachel & I to pick out a word that we want to be our focus as we start a brand new year. After the year that was 2020 (and it was truly a doozy of a year), I struggled a little bit with my choice for 2021. But I've…

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