The best partnership is when you are a team.

This week, #hacksthetour is taking us to the West Coast but it also marks a very important milestone: my 8th wedding anniversary with Hal. Because we have intense and complicated schedules, I cherish our alone time. As crazy as our lives get, it’s important to me to carve out date nights where it’s just the two of us — and to write love letters (keep scrolling for more on that hack).

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Life Hack #83: Write love letters. I write my husband love letters every year, on our anniversary and on Valentine’s Day. And I mean proper love letters, not just a rapidly scrawled Post-it note. This is a beautiful and authentic way to shower people with praise and remind them of all the things you love about them.

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HACKS ON THE ROAD: ICYMI

Thrilled to have celebrated #hacksthebook launch with dear friends and family at the East Bank Club reception hosted by Fay and Daniel Levin. And thank you fellow GSB grads who joined us at the home of gracious hosts, Kristin and Greg Kranias (MBA ’05 and ’06).

Delighted I had a chance to visit BizCast HQ this week- thank you for having me!

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HACKS ON THE ROAD: COMING UP

San Francisco & Palo Alto Launch | November 13 & November 14

#hacksthebook is coming to the West Coast this week! For more details, email Irina Gavrilova at irina.gavrilova4@gmail.com.

Hacks in Santa Monica | December 15 @ 4 p.m.

Alyssa & the Hacks Team will be in Santa Monica next month! For more details, email Irina Gavrilova at irina.gavrilova4@gmail.com.

University Club of Chicago | January 21 @ 5:30 p.m.

In conversation with advisor and activist Christie Hefner, Alyssa will share insights from her book and provide strategies for everything from managing a household to taking colleagues to rock concerts.