<?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[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:53:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@adamada/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[It's A Gambling Disorder if They Lose]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's one of those dark humor that randomly pops into my head. People come in for consult voluntarily or get dragged by their significant others due to their gambling problems but the not so funny but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/its-a-gambling-disorder-if-they-lose</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/its-a-gambling-disorder-if-they-lose</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance News and Regular People]]></title><description><![CDATA[The markets have been exciting for the past couple of weeks. Gold went up and down, BTC down, SPX down, interest rates and bonds go whatever. There's just so much stuff happening in the financial world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/finance-news-and-regular-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/finance-news-and-regular-people</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Non Playable Character]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just as information becomes freely disseminated so as the efforts to contain information. I imagine a meteor heading towards earth and NASA with the rest of the global alert system's program for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-non-playable-character</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-non-playable-character</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saying Important Things at the Last Minute]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a phenomenon during therapy where the patient would spend majority of the time talking about other things and mentioning what they really wanted to talk about at the last minute before conclusion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/saying-important-things-at-the-last-minute</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/saying-important-things-at-the-last-minute</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on Wealth Building]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consuming content on wealth building helped me categorized what areas people who have keep versus those who own less or nothing. It starts with the pursuit on choice or the freedom to choose what you want]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/notes-on-wealth-building</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/notes-on-wealth-building</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is Inevitable]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having debt is like committing yourself to get robbed of future resources that could have been yours in exchange for today's short term solution to a short term problem. The usual low hanging luxuries]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/debt-is-inevitable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/debt-is-inevitable</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Memes to Vent Political Frustration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's the inconvenient truth about the defamation laws in PH Thanks google. A way to highlight an issue without coming across as a direct attack is not name dropping people involved to cause dishonor.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-memes-to-vent-political-frustration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-memes-to-vent-political-frustration</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNJFgPyxyePsbwehH4mxyTkuUwy3dbyTbPW9A9WEY57xQu52f8GgKoshfQPNdRuQm5SYin6p8LuVTJsEXa87nA1S5HFM5zpKZqYdycyiPDpnRCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Principle]]></title><description><![CDATA[A phenomenon where workers get promoted to a higher role until they reach a level of incompetence. Like how workers rise in the ranks of managerial positions but end up being bad managers and were better]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/peter-principle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/peter-principle</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buying for the Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's what happens when people choose to buy things now for instant gratification than be concerned about the long term impact of those financial decisions in their future. Why save or invest now when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/buying-for-the-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/buying-for-the-moment</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attitudes Towards Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by the memes, hate, misconceptions, and lived experiences of people sharing their experience having consultations with a therapist, I'd have to say some of these are ridiculous but understandable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/attitudes-towards-therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/attitudes-towards-therapy</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solomon's Paradox]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's that phenomenon where you or someone you know gives good advice for others but can't seem to find that perspicacity to one's own problem. Based from the wise King Solomon doing everyone a favor imparting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/solomons-paradox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/solomons-paradox</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hive on a Downtrend ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think of Hive as that one side hobby project that gets you generating income on the sidelines and if it moons, you win. If it doesn't, you learn how to invest better with your time and how to exist in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/hive-on-a-downtrend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/hive-on-a-downtrend</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Health Expense]]></title><description><![CDATA[A message to someone that still needs to grow a clue. After several years of screwing your body over eating things you shouldn't, doing things to it that you shouldn't, and doing things with it like you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-health-expense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/the-health-expense</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology Helped Companies Move Some Goal Posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology improved and made people efficient but it didn't really make the quality of life any better as a worker bee in the system. Before AI happened, there were apps that made productivity better than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/technology-helped-companies-move-some-goal-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/technology-helped-companies-move-some-goal-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coworker Died and Things are Surreal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been working with this person for more than a year and he's been at the job for years now. Not a fun guy to be with but civil enough to work with work wise. He was brought in after someone found him collapsed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/coworker-died-and-things-are-surreal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/coworker-died-and-things-are-surreal</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly Habits and Invisible Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've probably heard of the book Atomic Habits where small positive habits can compound into meaningful results in one's life. It's similar to the Japanese concept of Kaizen. I read about these and figured]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/costly-habits-and-invisible-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/costly-habits-and-invisible-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone showed me a video on youtube about celebrity houses. I would understand the normal reaction for most people that have financial insecurity would envy or be amazed. Excluding politicians and shady]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/quiet-success</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/quiet-success</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Late on the Trend But I Asked ChatGPT Anyway]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's where you ask chatgpt how you treat it based off your prompting sessions. It's just out of curiosity to see how the AI sees your prompting behavior because it has no need to be reserved about what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/im-late-on-the-trend-but-i-asked-chatgpt-anyway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/im-late-on-the-trend-but-i-asked-chatgpt-anyway</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNJFgPyxyePsbwfGmDkkdgBCKsKR4ep7sLuvgRKE4XPTx3o9Q8sCHpsHJpyh87JByyyUswcrEV6PttowQdBS8x1a54QN6pZZF7nPY5xU4TvaD8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Learned to Consistently Write for Peanuts]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was around 7 years ago when I was doing part-time ghost writing articles for another ghost writer/freelance writer. I didn't have the time to build a profile and get regular clients so I rode on their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/i-learned-to-consistently-write-for-peanuts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/i-learned-to-consistently-write-for-peanuts</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put Some Money on That Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired from a conversation with an ultracrepidarian about money matters. You always find people that readily hand out advises solicited and not out there. I had this small talk with a colleague about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/put-some-money-on-that-talk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@adamada/put-some-money-on-that-talk</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>