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My Wedding Day

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025by Alexa4 Comments

After much needed rest and recuperation, I’m so excited to write about the best day of my life and highlight of 2024: my wedding day!

My husband, Fernando, and I got married on November 1st last year in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. The moment we got engaged, all roads began to point to this day. I never knew how much work went into planning a destination wedding. It seems like a silly statement, but I really did devote every single day from late October 2023 to the wedding day itself making a decision for this perfect day. Let me tell you about it!

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30th Birthday Bash(elorette) in New Orleans

June 16, 2024June 16, 2024by Alexa2 Comments

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you know that I recently celebrated my 30th birthday and bachelorette with some of my best friends in New Orleans. We had such a great time that I felt I should share my itinerary as I believe it was one of my best organized trips to date!

When I envisioned my 30th birthday, I always saw us living it up in Barcelona. Unfortunately, I was not that blessed this year to afford a destination birthday trip since I’m planning a wedding, but I had to think of a place in the U.S. that was somewhat walkable, affordable, and guaranteed fun–New Orleans! Something to note upfront: my friends know or know of each other, but only a couple of them are actually friends with each other outside of me. Since I’m not having bridesmaids, I did center the trip primarily around my birthday which meant I only ever expected myself to take on the responsibility of the planning. I wanted to ensure that no matter where we went, every piece of the itinerary would allow for everyone to enjoy their time, and I managed to achieve this goal!

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30 Lessons For My Thirties

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024by Alexa1 Comment

You read that right: my thirties. As of May 9th, I am officially part of the 30 Club.

It’s amazing that I have been writing on this blog for so many years–I had 16 lessons from 2016, reflections from when I turned 25, and now here we are. So, so much has happened just in the last six to eight months alone, but I want to look back on my adulthood overall. The last 12 years of being an adult have been…fairly depressing. From the outside looking in, and even from the inside looking in, I have done and accomplished a lot: went to a prestigious university, studied and worked in London, obtained a master’s degree while working full-time, traveled to multiple countries and cities, legendary concerts, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and to top it all off, meeting the love of my life. So why would I describe that as depressing? Because I could have and should have done more.

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Spring Backwards

April 16, 2024April 17, 2024by AlexaLeave a Comment

Happy Spring! Only four months into the year and I’ve already managed to fall off my posting schedule, but I am determined to get back on track. The last place we left off was about enjoying life to the fullest and declaring that 2024 could be one of the best years of my life. While I still maintain that declaration, the last two months could not have been WORSE!

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