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]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who doesn't enjoy a good love story? It's almost Valentine's Day, after all. Inside the Musée du Louvre, I finally met the woman I'd been dreaming of my entire life... 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And here I am, again...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/why-and-how-can-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/why-and-how-can-i</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:06:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQygJ5a3PGGYDEXK37j6PqJQS49hP9J5JWMuqTDXriWtWonRorRssxJUcmgeYVEwiKQ9tTW7yZqn7Rs9gBpGG39ECoUBNRXiW8YAsoPY9v4bRvYN1UYsqjRyVxWaCzaQKT1hUwxqvWDt9U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hive Price Dive: What Will You Do Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, Hive Friends; On December 8, 2021, I published a post in the Proof of Brain community: When the price of Hive drops, what are you going to do? Create. Curate. Diversify. Deposit. Source:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@braveboat/hive-price-dive-what-will-you-do-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@braveboat/hive-price-dive-what-will-you-do-now</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVjCFaJxJJbFtd6rvSEcdaNCfBbaH4V4aFW5MEwhbEX3bsZd5WTbmuGyJMTQ3kbSAxQNUF6VZQb99BNAx4vPbiDTDUTn8YZuDTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go Your Own Way to Find Happiness.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Go Your Own Way to Find Happiness. After all, it's your Life. Your Choice. And, for the record - You. Are. Enough. We never realize it, or possibly we forget it. 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Shown in Technicolor. Blasting in Dolby Digital Plus. Our catalog is rerun more frequently through our brains than Full House is on cable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/make-peace-with-the-past-dont-look-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/make-peace-with-the-past-dont-look-back</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:27:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVkv8cyHLzyZbmgwPqpMYPUPJZfWQ2FXVTrhCCJrkQZj9a9Jyry6Xhe11jHb9SmXELRWeWui6hDvrtEj37igwsA6KNz7d62UfWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jewel of Istanbul: Entering the Hagia Sofia and History]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Jewel of Istanbul: Entering the Hagia Sofia. I've only ever felt this way a few times before. The weight of something important bore down on me with a strange but unwavering intensity. As I slipped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@braveboat/the-jewel-of-istanbul-entering-the-hagia-sofia-and-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@braveboat/the-jewel-of-istanbul-entering-the-hagia-sofia-and-history</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMeHGsZuTNUNfwee97twpSmTmabKoYjpuNnD9hLNQxzEEBubwKezZroMUnWjnU7x5Zid8YiDzZ7SschFj2P58wG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On The Road to Failure?  Great!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Feel like you're on the road to Failure? Oh - you arrived in town last decade, you say? Howdy! It sure is crowded around here. If you're speeding that way, you already know that the scenery sucks. It's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/on-the-road-to-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/on-the-road-to-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:33:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVkYsj82DCXpRCKqKT5qu9eFrnCNf62FGw5PzBKFVNCCVFRLrLvLmQ192euBJx9kM6nzRfNhGVtdAmdgqsb1cYoVhLLJfgpV3Zp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make It Count.  The Courage to Live.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'll admit it. I'm in love with Rose Dawson. Rose Dawson? Well, of course, her real name is Rose DeWitt Bukater Calvert. But Rose takes Jack Dawson's last name while checking in on a rescue ship after]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/make-it-count-the-courage-to-live</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/make-it-count-the-courage-to-live</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVjayaqzy64QmFSjACRrSVARu5ZRwaTTi1tg6fV6Z7e5CcUQGzAb4LYeBjTDshoUrb9JbVnxYmMvPRde6D8DStefJ7Ypi9Wkhiv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My TOP 5 Favorite Books of 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my goals for 2021 was to read more. I did affix a number to this goal, but it appears that I will fall well short. Even so, overall, it was a successful twelve months of reading. I enjoyed 18 books]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@braveboat/my-top-5-favorite-books-of-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@braveboat/my-top-5-favorite-books-of-2021</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVkucQyUr1Rr2xANvq5TeLmXTRiGRDQDYE6Nd1HoEUaKTeueTnkefxkJkSVB3CxiHreaLLDzSvFqq7Nee3qrTtZYr4gyM7TA9xA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regroup. Rethink. Reload. ReLaunch.  Overcoming Roadblocks, Obstacles, Stagnation, and Frustration!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @braveboat/regroup-rethink-reload-relaunch-overcoming-roadblocks-obstacles-stagnation-and-frustration by @braveboat.Another installment in the Practicing Positive series. Hope you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/regroup-rethink-reload-relaunch-overcoming-roadblocks-obstacles-stagnation-and-frustration-hive-148441</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/regroup-rethink-reload-relaunch-overcoming-roadblocks-obstacles-stagnation-and-frustration-hive-148441</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:07:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regroup. Rethink. Reload. ReLaunch.  Overcoming Roadblocks, Obstacles, Stagnation, and Frustration!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you feeling discouraged? Have you come to a roadblock while pursuing some vital goal you'd hoped to achieve in your Life? Good! If you occasionally feel outmatched or overwhelmed by your objective,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/regroup-rethink-reload-relaunch-overcoming-roadblocks-obstacles-stagnation-and-frustration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@braveboat/regroup-rethink-reload-relaunch-overcoming-roadblocks-obstacles-stagnation-and-frustration</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceVkMGQD5DhTymdGC23Qok8JZKkaBZWFetyCNvzsBrJBdfgxTUbdnDVa5kraTt2FD8yPLW7yGErbau8FQYLwUrpyvK43xgwnEp9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If...?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if...? What if I can't? What if I fail? What if I lose? What if I don't have what it takes? So many questions. And yet, in reality, they are all the same question. And, I believe, precisely the wrong]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/what-if</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@braveboat/what-if</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[braveboat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:51:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1v8prRudGE2JceWNbQj2HKxjycdsmEVxnPiffLUBNKWPSVp6oFrM8Vr4Sy6mY9spiXMxGoTrQ1HWeb5bdfHCEXuP11Ji4mq9VoKXWjetsEWNA82S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the price of Hive drops, what are you going to do?   Create. Curate. Diversify. Deposit.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the price of Hive drops, what are you going to do? I'm no Crypto-Guru. I hold a modest amount of crypto in a few thin, weathered wallets across the internet. 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