Hello, hello everybody. I'm Lexi Lombard, your host of the Lexi podcast, and this is going to be a personal episode. It's going to be all about me, life update, me, me, me, me, me. I don't know if there will be advice. There could be. Maybe there will be some little nuggets of

wisdom, some sweet sentiments that you can carry with you on throughout your day, throughout your

week, etc. However, I just want to vent. I want to give you a little update of where I'm at,

how I'm feeling, what I'm doing. I want catharsis. That's what I'm looking for. So if you're someone

who has listened to episodes in the past of how to make more friends as an adult or how to get

out of a slump when you're in one, you're looking for more practical advice with actionable steps,

I cannot guarantee that you will receive that from this episode. Now, if you're coming to this show

because you're like, I love Lexie. Oh, she's such a little cutie. I want to hear what's going on in that

little noggin of hers. Great. This is the perfect episode for you. Buckle on in. I don't really know

what I'm going to say other than the fact that I'm sad. I'm so sad. I have the post travel blues. A lot of times I'll take a trip and I feel inspired afterward. I leave that

little weekend trip, even a day trip, thinking how nice was that, must do that again, or

incorporate X, Y, and Z from said trip into my life.

I just spent the last three and a half weeks in Australia and New Zealand, and I was so happy.

I was so full of excitement and joy and bliss that I had felt before that trip,

but it was amplified.

And because it was amplified,

going back to the joy and excitement enthusiasm

that I was feeling prior to the trip

suddenly feels like a bummer.

Even though, let's say, prior to that trip,

on an average day, if I'm feeling my my best I thought that was a 10 out of 10

but then I went to Australia and I realized oh my 10 out of 10 in L.A. is actually only an 8 out of 10 in

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