<?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, 12 May 2026 02:51:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jrray/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How The Nice Guys Can Finally Finish First]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've all heard the saying "nice guys finish last" and I recently started to experience this for myself. I use to find it so hard to not be nice and with good reasoning (I thought). Seriously,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-the-nice-guys-can-finally-finish-first</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-the-nice-guys-can-finally-finish-first</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovYCccyYNgHvP2rKBFbn1vgWbB1z1PGHXSRd7HdfhEPe7CAEbzUrVxUvgtv48j9DEeZF17DqUJSMFrT1vhbiGCq9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allow me to re-introduce myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if we ALL can live the good life For those who don't know me and to those who need a reminder, I'm Jr. I live on this beautiful island in the Caribbean called Saint Lucia and I am obsessed with becoming]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jrray/allow-me-to-re-introduce-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jrray/allow-me-to-re-introduce-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnprL8aEahyCJ14GQRFckWCwuJMQoSHVeDdetM1ihJoS2SgS4MqjNsGmwcnr44qtcdJxvJerpohsjhx5fSn699jHyFAs7NWisuG6aR1jt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Key to Making Progress (NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I want to talk about something that alot of us have issues with. Often times we say we are going to do something and then days, weeks, years go by and we never do it and everything seems to be good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/the-key-to-making-progress-not-what-you-expect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/the-key-to-making-progress-not-what-you-expect</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rfhuyBrbsyzJDCS916wo4GZ4X8UPgyx9mwisAxSW13fLbj6vmtftCTaejVwqUsU7VNJu8LcD1goK4d4jHYhZwNzkAwR9XUN1e2xBB3BhCfoeUeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOW TO GET OUT OF A RUT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, I've been a mess. I've been very frustrated about well, everything but i think it has alot to do with where i am on my journey to success. It just seems like I've been hustling and making moves]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-to-get-out-of-a-rut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-to-get-out-of-a-rut</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 19:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rS7rk7Pp9rCmu3Jz1pxYPc97eMqDtSVQVEa7LSivRqmcGtjJC4KrZNMiomPm8Lm3meUT8xKg2DdjZBwLheJF8xxX2thVh3iu8azMUJUsi1315GJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Lose Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends make life way more interesting. Do you remember your first friend? I remember mine and though we don't see or talk like before, there is not a lot that this guy would ask of me that I wouldn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/why-we-lose-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/why-we-lose-friends</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 01:12:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5qzuScpAdHx6SZtnyw5rP9XvTitjQJsj6VoeFNY3HEJDd4FZinPtF5oDUhxnCVg9ULypTLgqWCXWew5E3fQxbk6Hm4QvHfLS3boVEsLmYgXm24Jz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Small Island Living has Taught Me: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am from Saint Lucia, one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean. Honestly, i could not imagine completely leaving this place forever. We have waterfalls, mountains, lovely beaches, tropical wildlife,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/what-small-island-living-has-taught-me-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/what-small-island-living-has-taught-me-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UqJ6k6rekqXRFQvgi2exRMXsdrGSRUQiWR9RGw6BPJV1CfGehhgPYvf5KVAQZTxqUzyYGo65cdfN9L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Get Your Sh*t Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of us suffer from an "illness". The symptoms are as follows There seem to be a lot (too much) going on We can't seem to catch a lucky break Everything we do or touch breaks down We seem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-to-get-your-sh-t-together</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/how-to-get-your-sh-t-together</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWY9kPhSWPQT1un35BeWLDaL5wtK5oxhF6CQo28bXrfCAKt86XWDqZccqNiaWA255C4G4kHX8i3JXqQJewyrx14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OUR MORAL OBLIGATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I ask myself why do I, and the people just like me, hustle so much. I wonder if I'm the only person around me that is willing to push my mental and physical boundaries in HOT! smoking pursuit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/our-moral-obligation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/our-moral-obligation</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 01:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5qu7hq3pDNUAUP2JiABFTu4Ef1AMfr8SzhrMeAs16jLyhsJqSRi7kdYopEb4s1f9bY2aCmqKJqh37wVUsPtAZ1kbuUMwTTk8AVVRWGEv7qRRkHDx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategic Laziness]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've noticed that many of the people who I work with are lazy..not just lazy..strategically lazy. They find creative ways to avoid pulling their weight at the workplace. How they do this would normally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/strategic-laziness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/strategic-laziness</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 20:50:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXv9vyZb25M4nVdkCWPVeennnMJKp5bwzMoDhkGLF3yZysY29fYGat122qcrqRWLzW1HiuzTHECe4AX3nk9Wfg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL FREEDOM]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Money is an amazing thing. Anyone who says otherwise or who tries to perpetuate the nonsense that money is not important is fu*king lying to you. It’s the same people that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/financial-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/financial-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFv1yYzwLC3A7FYb4C384b4AaCoMsSuiW73J6cTUi5vb9v1vvp8CSfoe6cT8MjC9GFNRpG3bt67RjRjQF1atoCRd1ThYSQ5vSYGjxr3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[F. R. E. E. D. O. M]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m coming from work, riding in the trunk of a pickup. It’s all open air. As I’m looking up I realise that there’s something about the sky that I’ve always been fascinated with. I’m not sure if it’s the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/f-r-e-e-d-o-m</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/f-r-e-e-d-o-m</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuzFLsyxD8BCJD7TL3uDoHd94cRkESmiQfVn8utvEzpSGHL3Byoa4eDpUM5dyxnUxWMB2zBzHPMYCA4opHgTjoYKooMkujtQRFGM5xJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WORK AFTER WORK AFTER WORK]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day something interesting came to mind while I was work. I was so tired that I would fall asleep if I stood still for two mins, I’ve been stressed about finances, and I hadn’t worked out in a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/the-work-after-work-after-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/the-work-after-work-after-work</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuyvTWDXq3Yug91P8945pZTZ3TdksdVLjobVVLKw9ENMXdEUJ5tk7WKRcz8YjY6e1BwXZWwyLnfz1YntECrBDiPXRubwXponEA7kJoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell The Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve realized that people have a hard time telling the truth..Now when I say this, I don’t mean your simpleton stuff, like telling your mother you’re at a damn football game when you’re really at your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/tell-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/tell-the-truth</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 02:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuzH2voYf4vdv66jAegsVqNQKj8wSKVjRY3rywqXBxvZuArPzbpsHqdc5PnMAaqHoVHZSP3wPvgxnsFFUVx1gAfGwK4YpR1eY9rg8TY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Your Fu*king Fault]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know what I can’t stand? I can’t stand people who complain about every fu*king thing. "Jr I’m out of shape, im broke, my girlfriend left me, things are just too hard,"… And my personal favourite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/it-s-your-fu-king-fault</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/it-s-your-fu-king-fault</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 23:04:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFv5fkmm2YBaJMNz2n3dRjQTPEKjg3EjMP65oQaeWob6R5d1UmnUQ9NUqUGfifUMDHAeuiYxrczE6XuwZq7AMf7texRWt4oZLbThaK5G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compound Interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn’t ... pays it. Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. — Albert Einstein Compound]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/compound-interest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/compound-interest</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:19:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuyvTUYMuKXn5xxVHtbXWW1izbZfkHuxP1Eo7Ae2frpxU6GTWnj19g2v6wNVa14WCwW7YcgEvh7ArGHa8SHxdHpdfWKJw54CKV5Jost?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Giving Up! ...Really..you may only be one millimeter away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt like you’re pushing and hustling really hard but nothing is happening? Sweat is rushing down your face, the sounds of the people around you get louder somehow, and in the middle of it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/stop-giving-up-really-you-may-only-be-one-millimeter-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jrray/stop-giving-up-really-you-may-only-be-one-millimeter-away</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 23:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5rRXjYBvvkaL7xXFFkdFhPALKFZDMUp5j1cUDt82QV6YYmqQ3M9Zf4tEMBvq5ZnguLqAi1MsMrJh8wJxiL9NQwnBsA1BVx6urCtvtFu2HokYKs6W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life After Death?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s 3:30 pm and I’m sitting in the church with what feels like a million people crying around me. I’m holding on to the leaflet tightly, barely rubbing it in-between my peeling fingers that were sore]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jrray/life-after-death</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jrray/life-after-death</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jrray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5qhvdvSzYFR7fGwJbxvEAH8WC8pcjTDj55rrBQVrzhUrzE8tMMsHe4bthYUPvyc6vhus9FFVKSGicKMCXnEvcdzWkjeXrj3M64KRcSwTupETdvHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is NEVER final]]></title><description><![CDATA["I was recently part of a business incubation program: CTEP (Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Program), and it seemed like life was going my way for a change. 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