import xlrd
workbook = xlrd.open_workbook('/Users/reallymemorable/Documents/output.xlsx')
worksheet = workbook.sheet_by_name('Sheet1')
num_rows = worksheet.nrows
curr_row = 0

#creates an array to store all the rows
row_array = []

while curr_row < num_rows:
    row = worksheet.row(curr_row)
    row_array += row
    curr_row += 1

print(row_array[0])

09/30/2018-09/26/2018
09/25/2018-09/21/2018
09/20/2018-09/16/2018
09/15/2018-09/11/2018
09/10/2018-09/06/2018
09/05/2018-09/01/2018
08/31/2018-08/27/2018