<?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>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:14:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@empressjay/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Home In People And Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always lived outside my home. And by home, I mean my actual home, the one where I was born, where my parents and siblings live. From around when I was nine or ten, I started]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@empressjay/finding-home-in-people-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@empressjay/finding-home-in-people-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[empressjay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmNjkx3SybQetGQywxs2M62wnXuiLcZpKYohg8giSGnnUs/image.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Male, And Human]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world is torn with a these societal standards that I honestly have no idea who set in the first place. One of the loudest ones is this idea that men are supposed to be tough. 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That is because they are some of the most powerful ways people save and grow money in modern times.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@empressjay/raising-money-smart-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@empressjay/raising-money-smart-kids</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[empressjay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAD9rYwjD1VDFVfes4J8WBmiaYPdeUwSL9z5o5uxWa38PtrL6wxdKg2fHwsjTCqitkX9C9Q83FkF2oV9XCw4zxji4GEpb9oG3FdvcAS2B1PT9uCiQnk2Akw8p2Ln?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life On Repeat ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The subtle trap of living the same scripted life every day is not talked about enough. In recent times, the level of busyness we see around us has far exceeded what we used to know years back. 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