<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:55:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jeremyc/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Focus On Being Happy FIRST]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was lying on my girlfriend's bed one day in early 2016 just staring into the ceiling, lost in my own mind. My whole life I had thought that 'success' and what the overall goal of anyone in the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jeremyc/focus-on-being-happy-first</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jeremyc/focus-on-being-happy-first</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremyc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKnFEnBwjKLhL15SoynbgJKpQxRd1uoqz2DRCCsY3dgRNoyAzfDzsNvbEQ7RJUagSrQzXDKXQFEDWBX6kRJaYyadNbT7ofANFHHHNML5SYzKe9SRBvZxRPNexocJVdzj2aiJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I took a break from writing....]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past 2 weeks I have done next to no writing at all. When I did do some finally, I didn't post it but instead stored it safely on my computer for updating later. 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