<?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[aspirations of AJ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tailored services, personalized success]]></description><link>https://www.aspirationsofaj.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:04:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.aspirationsofaj.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Built a Web Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why I Built a Web Portfolio I do a lot of things. Jewelry, photography, design, websites, business — and for a long time, none of it lived in one place. People would ask what I do and I'd have to explain five different things with no single link to point them to. So I built one. Aspirationsofaj.com  is where everything comes together — an online exhibit for the creative and professional work I've been building behind the scenes. It's not a résumé site. It's not a highlight reel meant to...]]></description><link>https://www.aspirationsofaj.com/post/why-i-built-a-web-portfolio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bae8e7c22e90b51af3d680</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:04:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49bca_9714bd4a182c4568aec24c14ef1c86dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AJ Llamas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crazy Crystal Shop: The Comeback]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're Back — Built From the Ground Up The site is live. New design, new platform, same mission. Crazy Crystal Shop started in high school out of Inglewood, CA — handcrafted crystal necklaces made with intention. The goal was always the same: make crystals affordable, source them ethically, and actually educate people on what they're buying. That hasn't changed since 2022. What has changed is me. I stepped away for a while — not because I lost the vision, but because I needed to grow into it....]]></description><link>https://www.aspirationsofaj.com/post/crazy-crystal-shop-the-comeback</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bae6a1c384c212cc969fb4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:58:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c49bca_631b053b2d264ee9921143f218ac55f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AJ Llamas</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>