<?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>Tue, 19 May 2026 03:58:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cheeamaka/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[RENT CULTURE IN THIS REGION]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn't realize how very expensive rent was until I decided I was going to live on my own and started the whole house hunting thing. Actually, until we moved to our permanent house, we paid rent, which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/rent-culture-in-this-region</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/rent-culture-in-this-region</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdvdtfjSspaf2UVFFgeDiARWwdF6NEzVtftJJ9TDpHZ5b/1756244685686.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMUNAL LIVING ]]></title><description><![CDATA[M This is some pleasant coincidence. Only this morning, a pal and I were discussing how our neighborhood is now and how it was while we were kids. I somehow even stumbled on someone's post in regards to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/communal-living</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/communal-living</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeT781VN9s7BYmhJZwVeQdMo8Kjg6JVgS7hrohL5TJSDf/1755640616339.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TO FORGIVE, BUT TO FORGET? THAT'S DIFFICULT ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, something happened that threw my family into a state of hysteria. Something terribly sad happened that almost tore us apart. Not our bond as a home, cause if anything, it united us all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/to-forgive-but-to-forget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/to-forgive-but-to-forget</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQvL8yQhA6Mrka7q5naqCaycNzDMgudthB5eiUmkF6g9Y/1755206994276.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EDUCATION FOR ALL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education, in these times, is very important. We can not overemphasize how greatly it has impacted us, not just as individuals but as a society. Now, the question that otherwise should have been asked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/education-for-all</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/education-for-all</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:58:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPn8DdhFFEXQPgqyxFg7FnnqDrwBeD36jty5L8LyUBB1T/1755092688209.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE 'GRAPHY' SKILL]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you go to make enquiries about learning a particular skill, you'll mostly find that a lot of them requires you to stay for at least six months before they can declare you skilled enough to handle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/the-graphy-skill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/the-graphy-skill</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmUuFi7D6dee1FUDcsqwdZMomPgvK6TTuSYrLrKKJPUCr4/1754686693753.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEALTIMES AT MY HOME]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think two practices(you can also refer to them as traditions) have, amongst others, but chiefly strengthened our bond as a family. One of them happens to be devotion time - like holding morning prayers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/mealtimes-at-my-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/mealtimes-at-my-home</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmNkWG2qx1ikZjg3RHnGnzNvEv4xQYeS4z6pwUo9hw1npi/1754339518112.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WEALTH & CLEANLINESS AS TWO PARALLEL LINES]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unsplash I'm a very clean, tidy person. From my physical looks to my environment, I make sure everything is spotless. It's something that I can't help. Dirt, of any kind, is what I can't stand. I believe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/wealth-and-cleanliness-as-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/wealth-and-cleanliness-as-two</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:15:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQ5ybBRao2bMMbXLohF7eJbNjDz4pDqyJvYkzX7FxLB4G/1753736579415.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SMALL SACRIFICE FOR MAJOR RESULTS]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I did my calculations right, then, after almost twelve days, I'm only making a post today. It should have been for yesterday, but I keep falling into bad habits. Lately, I've been doing a lot of checks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@cheeamaka/small-sacrifice-for-major-results-9dx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@cheeamaka/small-sacrifice-for-major-results-9dx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-11060]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:43:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRUuDKUinvD9B9LPPnXsRUBwBEsfieDuWGuSuW8nXZRLuokBwTfgex9rt9LyBSSiJJ1TkoaPhKexpHtBEdvEbXCxE15S2gpmdaK3Mg7vQ7svqhjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHY I ACT THE WAY I DO ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember clearly the very day that I heard of the book, why you act the way you do, authored by Tim Lahaye. It was a relative who had told me about it during one of our routine Christmas holiday visits]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@cheeamaka/why-i-act-the-way-i-do--517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@cheeamaka/why-i-act-the-way-i-do--517</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:16:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmSGuyvFwP69SHCYQME8kZY18zxC8UeuHZsvnPCo5BqgcV/1752185232678.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MONETIZABLE HANDIWORK ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thoughts about what would happen to the world(like what changes might occur) if out of the blues, technology goes inexistent has cone to my mind so many times. I would think about human overdependence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/monetizable-handiwork</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/monetizable-handiwork</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmNMYYmfL1ESGUegS1bosKBXBV6AM4Pzpgw46M9ViBaTtS/1752012891335.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[UNFULFILLED PROMISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a few days back, I was on a call with a dear friend when she mentioned something that didn't quite sit right with me. Unsplash I don't recall what I said or what it was that led to that topic of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/unfulfilled-promise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/unfulfilled-promise</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmXVtttaR11KmoxMzvLCMrCbCdPdzcx7UtKTqwx33wLL99/1751320368424.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ENSURING HEALTHY DIGITAL LIFE FOR KIDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know, some days, I decide within myself that every kid who would come under my care as mine, would be exposed to gadgets early, and by some level of supervision, the digital space. On other days, I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-151662/@cheeamaka/ensuring-healthy-digital-life-for-kids-4vj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-151662/@cheeamaka/ensuring-healthy-digital-life-for-kids-4vj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-151662]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:55:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdaxGmHvDYmmaVXoA4b2Fhujnm3w9aK5ZEyMy2A3guqzA/1750880347952.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GROWTH IS ACHIEVED FASTER WHEN COMPETITION IS HEALTHY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Healthy competitions are like a base and a good rocket for propulsion to growth. Goals and aims and great strides can be achieved if people imbibe them. I have had my part in a number of healthy competitions,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/growth-is-achieved-faster-when</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/growth-is-achieved-faster-when</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQYz4SwRTnBwEgXDLt51ynp8ATu5pvQWZgkc9MDi662Sm/1750709418938.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCIENCE & ERRORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, have I seen the many wonders of science. I truly believe that most things we can only imagine right now and some of which we never envisaged would likely be made possible and would become a thing of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/science-and-errors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/science-and-errors</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmaVZ9CWv1oEwM96vFb4XedWnGqf1ta2Wt6C4Yr7oCvSeT/1750540434963.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GO BACK TO AGE SIX OR 20M??]]></title><description><![CDATA[Argh! I tell you with so much honesty that this is a tough one. This is a tough question even for me to answer. But can't I just have both? I mean, it wouldn't be bad. A number of times, or Nah, let me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@cheeamaka/go-back-to-age-six-or-20m-79u</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178437/@cheeamaka/go-back-to-age-six-or-20m-79u</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRUuAsFUP5R9qcbVVR6zpvHCMQw9bLTiMqK7nfVsBWxfx/20250618_212525.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['THAT HABIT' THAT SETS THE TONE FOR THE DAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first thing that I would say that came to my mind as I saw this prompt was 'scheduling.'' Like penning my tasks for that day, -even to the smallest activity as bathing- on a paper and using it as a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cheeamaka/that-habit-that-sets-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cheeamaka/that-habit-that-sets-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:48:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQqnzJKfgpou1naDwtYJMQ8G6K1DEWxBR77yCBdFzwukU/1750195794296.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OH, ANA-211!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two things pop up in my head, and the very first one has got to be like the hardest thing that I ever tried learning. It's something that until now, I have not grasped it. Truth is, I already dumped it,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/oh-ana-211</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/oh-ana-211</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmTiMRARvhThWiXvaMmVqz1WjQaSuhQgfn6HvYKQpM518K/20250616_221326.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[... THE SECOND OPTION // LOH #242]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, ladies of hive. Quickly, I would go on and give my answer to the prompt question, which says A mystical and powerful being offers you the chance to reincarnate, but you must choose between two options:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@cheeamaka/the-second-option</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@cheeamaka/the-second-option</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 20:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdoRLoBLyczrqbdXNgTqrHMGXSP2Q31uirCqNicnwfJC8/1750020014681.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't even want to beat around the bush on this one. I mean, if you're a Nigerian, in Nigeria, irrespective of whatever state you reside or how physically appealing the looks of your environment is,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/a-healthy-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@cheeamaka/a-healthy-environment</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmfMNYsRZkHmojthkUnyC5SSHvWVCoTdpLvcaqVW5vuwtw/1749849326626.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THAT ONE HABIT ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This happens to be one easy prompt for me to answer. I mean, I have had many chances to think through the times in my life and ascertain rightly the moments that shaped me and why and how it had all come]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cheeamaka/that-one-habit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cheeamaka/that-one-habit</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheeamaka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmW7t2oBJASiBMnhyv2A3Dd3urMs39D44ocsrv9RKrffws/20250612_220721.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>