<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Life in my Twenties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life in my Twenties]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:56:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Different Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Your hip is worse than we thought. You’re never going to step back on the soccer field again.” The words echoed through the air. All the...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/a-different-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64999403fc8cedef25a00392</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:36:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONE WHOLE YEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[One whole year. To go from not being able to get out of bed to use the bathroom, to learning to walk, to learning to run, to stepping...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/one-whole-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64773ba997004c5c08df4a72</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 12:21:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 Months and Counting]]></title><description><![CDATA[On June 27, 2022 I wrote a blog, on the history of my hip and everything that I had gone through up to that point. I had called it: A...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/9-months-and-counting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640f56c96f073346f4444ab5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:14:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s All Mental]]></title><description><![CDATA[If any of you follow me on social media you may have noticed recently that I have been posting a lot about Athlete Mental Game Coaching....]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/it-s-all-mental</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63bc2c478305993aa525af68</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:02:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 Months Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow…6 months. It’s been a crazy wild ride. As I reflect on the last six months one thing is for certain: TIME FLIES Back when I was first...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/6-months-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">638e070e8ffd9c402d92c1ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:59:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never know how to start my posts…so I’m just going to dive right into this one. Before my surgery I made the decision to step away from...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/slow-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6374ecaa46962592ffffd820</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1adac0_ac0b5427e8f54bc09db44df79d669764~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is 26]]></title><description><![CDATA[18 weeks post op and still can’t walk normal. Gosh this is frustrating. But at the same time I’ve never been more joyful when I...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/this-is-26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">634421469e7a1beeb5ea3cef</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:43:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recovery Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many of you have seen my previous blog posts, I underwent a major hip surgery at the end of May. It’s been a little over 3 months now...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/recovery-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6318866e1239d809d0844a75</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:55:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halfway There]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being in your twenties is definitely a lot more difficult than I thought. When I created this blog I created it based off of what people...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/halfway-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62e7e16e46d39179161b41f8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:21:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Painful Journey With No End]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always posted short and sweet blog posts, but nothing too dramatic or anything that has completely flipped my life upside down....]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/a-painful-journey-with-no-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b9ad060c64880742a9338e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 13:14:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulnerability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello my lovely blog readers! This blog post is coming through tough grinding teeth and shaking fingers. Part of me wants to just delete...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/vulnerability</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622ea02774d516b109d23648</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:01:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s Okay to Take a Break]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and a happy new year. I would love to hear what everyone chose to do over their break. I chose...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/it-s-okay-to-take-a-break</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61deea5d8e291f00174d0be0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:52:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What NOT to do!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[As soon as you turn 20 your entire world changes. And no one really prepares you for what is about to happen. No one prepares you for the...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/what-not-to-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ba24f4415bdd0017b2d6f2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:01:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Years in 3 Paragraphs]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of you that read my last blog post you probably saw the link that took you to my previous blog that I had originally intended...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/3-years-in-3-paragraphs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a5028a65eb8000167f144a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:01:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unexpected]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello my Lovely Blog Readers, Time has flown by…literally. It’s been over 3 years since my last blog post, and one thing that I have...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/unexpected</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a2a8b7741dfa00177a14d8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:01:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Blog Coming December 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[New blog is coming December 1st and I could not be more excited! There’s a whole new foundation and plan going into this and I am beyond...]]></description><link>https://texas464.wixsite.com/lifeinmytwenties/post/new-blog-coming-december-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a2ba7a76f5d50016cbfcd8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 23:10:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexys Riksen</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>