<?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>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:11:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@fisteganos/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing and Navigating Growth Opportunities.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people strive to take their personal and professional growth to the next level — it’s almost like an innate desire. However, quite a large number of us very quickly realize how relatively unprepared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@fisteganos/embracing-and-navigating-growth-opportunities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@fisteganos/embracing-and-navigating-growth-opportunities</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-175254]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2023 10:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPapnd88XEzMLevBAdYbCR5fRjvPAwTa9mS1SfmRWHkZK23NVn2acpWLitTBBv1Bqh6k79nxZyv24RvRCxo9K5cGr5rgoD5UDXeBmehH4asV6rmVd4YE2yzsTpeCGeCyZhZNQ9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning From Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[In life, many things happen beyond your control. Sometimes, you do your best but the results don't show that. This is a reality of life that you need to understand and realize that when things don't go]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/learning-from-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/learning-from-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHapKKGmy57vyw9NrPQzmDsGMDyZSzjQF9gw9wPTpBH7cwB7qdYoGDjbGCdYTQdFk97Fzcj8Jr2kbmB5ePSbEyL4pmVBtp9Npahhci7iC6rFrcRoS22jnLdxqVwQoLPwTABeVDe3bhs8CbbgVEQUBPFnCFrxuLGZcVRZCYDbxVTge22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acknowledging Failure.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you need to just acknowledge that shit happens and you won’t always get it right at the first attempt. Heck, you might not get it right after 5 attempts. It is life and that's the reality. This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/acknowledging-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/acknowledging-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2nhMph8Yo3jHapKKGmy57vyw9NrPQzmDsGMDyZSzjQF9gw9wPTpBH7cwB7qdYoGDjbGCdYTQdFk97Fzcj8Jr2kbmB5ePSbEyL4pmVBtp9Npahhci7iC6rFrcRoS22jnLdxqVwQoLPwTABeVDe3bhs8CbbgVEQUBPFnCFrxuLGZcVRZCYDbxVTge22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to do more.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people spend their entire lives in a tiny corner of the world. All they know about life is what they can see around them. The culture they know is their truth and reality. Outside this bubble, nothing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/how-to-do-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/how-to-do-more</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 10:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQygJ5a3PGGYE6MRGkZApez5LyZJ8J619hx38GuFJ8dD3T3yaPCbPnfA5y7zE1mwVPx5jKQudGGuTEGdLRc31ExJTqh3BTggCjeuTagrY2zppygUR4jutM2MnXksejva8GfikDEbDU4A2B?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the other side of focus.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life is interesting - a few billion people go through the same physical space but very rarely have the same experiences. While it's true that this life doesn't come with a "user's manual" and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/on-the-other-side-of-focus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fisteganos/on-the-other-side-of-focus</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 03:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKabaf2rRAavgHvNSUCUk8mkMhsWJRwPHacCSd11fiVr7RjiMeNKGY9h6qjtUjU4ULjpczip79LpeWeXvMHJJA3JERQcCgtXKknUDPGWy3HsA6kvZ9tX9VrtzSFAVQwgna4YnB2S4xqFiLfZ8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to write about when you can’t write.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many times, work is what we do simply to get paid. We push ourselves to keep going with the consolation of an incoming paycheck. It's no secret that money is a great motivator for the majority of people.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@fisteganos/what-to-write-about-when-you-can-t-write</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@fisteganos/what-to-write-about-when-you-can-t-write</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bf3YJfXXmyCadmvrfqAV97ViydECTft81BDh2xcQvNwNENbQBRJjYbYQRdGpwzr1bjtziTjF7Z77kyMqjXUF5efqj5K4RjB1JbCVBG45X4d5KXxynydMfcNTCQ7i9XpAXtKdQ4HCpheyQHwLSU2A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Okay Not To Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pexels I was having one of my many conversations with myself the other day, figuring out how often I'll be sending out these notes. It didn't take me too long to conclude that I didn't know. But why wouldn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@fisteganos/it-s-okay-not-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@fisteganos/it-s-okay-not-to-know</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-175254]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPapnd88XEzMLevBAdYbCR5fRjvPCq2YasS8tu7cRxRYHgwfHEMeDD4e5eCdPiZjfnCZvZqmbqa96N9LGSUEQ4geojCkTgrnMzz9BZSTQktqPUda1vPU8VpUJ48pTMCtotRA5M?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curate Your Space.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like to think that we are the product of what we feed ourselves. And just like food, there is a need to be careful and intentional about what gains access to our minds. “Your mind is your greatest asset.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@fisteganos/curate-your-space</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@fisteganos/curate-your-space</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living Life Like A Startup.]]></title><description><![CDATA[To have what to talk about, you need to do something. Whether you think that you’re ready or not, it doesn’t matter. People wait forever to be ready and never get to do a thing in their lifetime. Since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@fisteganos/living-life-like-a-startup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@fisteganos/living-life-like-a-startup</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:40:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeJDknspWvhEDXyMaXdJSfjRtujaPoxXvRAE42gW8s3pv6p5TfAMo3P1Uo4uVyaXP7oNFRMVgCVVUcKCTNg5oDCnQtTx2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard Your Mind!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like to think that we are the product of what we feed ourselves. 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If you take a short trip back in time, you’ll find that you always had, and knew just enough for the stage of life you were in, yet you had no trouble]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/self-development/@fisteganos/start-with-a-step</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/self-development/@fisteganos/start-with-a-step</guid><category><![CDATA[self-development]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhnQ6hgkYXQwy34k14rjkVrAeDxTNfpuU2XL1v75jJGtYz6aioBcsmcw2hpkisw2SbDZgGwwsGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget Your Passion or Hobby!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The concept of following your passion was popularized in a bid to reduce the number of people that were unhappy at their jobs. Instead of working at a job that you hated, you were supposed to go after]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/career/@fisteganos/forget-your-passion-or-hobby</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/career/@fisteganos/forget-your-passion-or-hobby</guid><category><![CDATA[career]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:38:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Buzz.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I arrive this land lost and confused. Like Moana, I can barely recognise the "home" I left behind. I have come and gone, several times, afraid to make a sound. Unsure if anyone will hear me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/the-first-buzz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/the-first-buzz</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 20:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is Social Media So Hard?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a while now, I’ve tried to remember what life was like without social media but if I come up with any story, it’ll most likely be a fabricated one. I like to say I’ve lived my entire life on the Internet]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@fisteganos/why-is-social-media-so-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@fisteganos/why-is-social-media-so-hard</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCGS4FBcEbzFWmn7jj9G7dUwWb1J9SbwWijVwp5ZhZ5aihpiGKgMsK3KtyXbXRjbaMn6NCdo9ius9vnCWVP3uBPFnjyj9J3SVzAjsWqKsPWd1gde97k3wYwAnFDtipCa8mF9EGMJMjuuEAdyFMfLAoF2aeAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepo; Video Sharing For The Crypto Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s almost the end of 2019 and thank God blockchain apps are beginning to look and feel a lot more like “normal” apps. It almost seems as if everyone in the crypto space is working overtime to ensure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pepo/@fisteganos/pepo-video-sharing-for-the-crypto-community</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pepo/@fisteganos/pepo-video-sharing-for-the-crypto-community</guid><category><![CDATA[pepo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmjasSiYVSERCPDk3KtziuWyxTWxn1R2FrsVG7SvzEZphzxWM8PbnhEePgZW2m?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TATA: A Blockchain-Powered Social Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[With very little info available on the website, I was pretty much unsure what I was getting myself into asides from the bold statements staring me in the face. Okay, maybe I already got a little bit more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@fisteganos/tata-a-blockchain-powered-social-network</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@fisteganos/tata-a-blockchain-powered-social-network</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmhxf7JZG9Tzp5MAn6GicTpL8Lrhgn381Q5jZ5giGbQYSn5XeRLqido7LKqcea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet Again.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, I walked past the calm body of water that usually spoke to my soul and I heard nothing. The bones that usually carried me through the day had been broken in place of my heart. The clouds]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/yet-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/yet-again</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:10:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything but Yours.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I ate a lot and danced a lot till I realized that I didn’t want your love.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/anything-but-yours</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/anything-but-yours</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:53:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Know?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world owes you no explanations for all the crazy it embodies. You owe no one any explanation for the crazies you reflect.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@fisteganos/do-you-know</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@fisteganos/do-you-know</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My heartbeat races like nothing else matters in this space as I walk on clouds. Then it stops for a minute and it tries again. The clouds beneath my feet, they just start to drain. and it rains from my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/jane</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@fisteganos/jane</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fisteganos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmoUs4tyX7GZihLoPutV2BZX13ZbcmrVuVxSkMNWQEKFRuscN1TUehLbrgRYKc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>