<?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 13:23:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@sarahben/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Is there a choice you made in your life that had consequences you could never have imagined?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was much younger, I quit university. At the time, I was facing a bank of tremendous personal challenges, battling C-PTSD, addiction, and depression. Eventually I cleaned up and got on the right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sarahben/is-there-a-choice-you-made-in-your-life-that-had-consequences-you-could-never-have-imagined</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sarahben/is-there-a-choice-you-made-in-your-life-that-had-consequences-you-could-never-have-imagined</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 11:54:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruv8X2R8t7XDv5HGXyHWCCu4rKmbB5pmEzjYSsc1SppCKPT44TpoJafN2LZ8wbds6aBAFTQrPgPkhYvxubexQfaTPWxVQGxQpdeodfr2R?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those who know me today would find it hard to believe I wasn't always the confident, bold, woman I am today.  Fact: I failed a college English class because I was too shy to ask someone to exchange]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@sarahben/challenge-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@sarahben/challenge-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 15:49:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnGJo5nm6vdH1aN4cYJcK3f77hKxVoJHTJbYykDYeVmjH682KV8BYPucgTECbSdCPmRAQpW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day7]]></title><description><![CDATA[          Day7   19/05/2018    Looking round I could see the café was full; people seemed cosy, huddled together in small pockets, looking as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day7</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 15:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day6]]></title><description><![CDATA[           Day6   18/05/2018    Jamal’s mother despaired, he had gone through at least two pairs of school shoes that term, they always]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day6</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 16:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day5]]></title><description><![CDATA[         Day5   17/05/2018   Through the haze of fog things didn't look the same, uncrumpling the paper he struggled to look, the writing was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day5</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 17:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day4]]></title><description><![CDATA[       Day4   16/05/2018  She stood back admiring her handiwork, with a self styled smile of smugness...it had been a long  hard winter.. Ever since the accident]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day4</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 19:34:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day3]]></title><description><![CDATA[     Day3   15/05/2018  CAMEO To observe from a distant..to see through a lens, through the fog...to observe the cameo of the day.... ....and what is a cameo..a little]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day3</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 16:10:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day2]]></title><description><![CDATA[   Day2   14/05/2018  Another day another dollar...I woke up not knowing what to do...the window remained open....the heat of the day still milling around. We are indeed in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day2</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 11:41:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrn6kaeLdwvAphkwAHaJJcAjx99zH5cAzR7FF9Hi7HqT3Rx5Tu36rsjdJQMfhy8rQ9THWQCW8Y6LTp2N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#7 DayWriting Day1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day1    13/05/2018 Early morning silence....I heard nothing...the light from my phone the only evidence of life....straining her eyes in the dim light she looked toward the window the curtains]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/7-daywriting-day1</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 13:29:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWN4hTFvSR9uY2B4atHkdbzrMZCiaf2hAMVGhncL1vQFwnufkK65XSHptSAEipkgJAmXGGgw8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BEAUTY REALIZED]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I brought you the "Feathered Favorite" from the poetry contest at TeamFeathers. 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Some believe we just take what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sarahben/perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sarahben/perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:18:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89ptKZ4JkTh9S5euPRJQcm4HpWzfzuuBSQfzT3UUCE9ktk3rZf14pTKncFdZoALvouJiomu2rtpmk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Definitely a glass half full kinda guy. ❤️]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sometimes think that there are two types of people: Those that divide the world into two types of people….and those that don’t.  But seriously, I really do think we can often make simple generalisations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sarahben/definitely-a-glass-half-full-kinda-guy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@sarahben/definitely-a-glass-half-full-kinda-guy</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbUmwK3bJrD5yBAJWMWfTSDFvDTEWNUhhFz6xWs6HKwJXA4aqfb4k3CM3L5q6ELbywKfdRmiRNLSevYiXATTdcjpL7b2sjsoneXSruLFTBZ3GZjapAeYcQ3xuYdyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three Apples that changed the world.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are three Apples that changed the world. 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Towards the front of the boat I noticed an elderly man and a young woman]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sarahben/a-remarkable-incident-occurred-to-me-at-niagara-falls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@sarahben/a-remarkable-incident-occurred-to-me-at-niagara-falls</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:13:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWSQKWC5z2P8xSAeFPy48tmoAYTQr4inECw4WtsYuoeDZ9vPFPEfe5s8vmXZCJpPAwKymQvAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jewellery to me is about branding]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a dark secret, well actually it's glowy & bright. It makes me voyeuristic, gives me heart palpitations, & feel all rinky dinky like a cat in nip. I love jewellery. There. I've said it. Eeww]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@sarahben/jewellery-to-me-is-about-branding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@sarahben/jewellery-to-me-is-about-branding</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:50:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNfFMvkNh4toNTHCDuWpyA8hZyZCXTeShUWafVRahVREAv3UsGBeKohC76uqy7kZoywp6zXbeW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships are precious, good relationships are priceless.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes all we need to do is to listen rather than taking pleasure in ranting Ask questions instead of making assumptions Be reluctant to react. Many relationships have been ruined by anger not because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/relationships/@sarahben/relationships-are-precious-good-relationships-are-priceless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/relationships/@sarahben/relationships-are-precious-good-relationships-are-priceless</guid><category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:57:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72btTy1QJrZ9rft9awgMfMGJtWbVo2cr93XcXU6VUKuH4LjkTptAEnYWFrv8suJHJMsNxxxqgvgNAa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surprising, provocative, PR stunts, innovative solutions, here are 5 topics that fascinated me this year:]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have to admit that keeping up with 2017's wide array of developments and progressions across so many domains - most of them on the back of technological innovation - has spun my head and sprained my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/surprising-provocative-pr-stunts-innovative-solutions-here-are-5-topics-that-fascinated-me-this-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@sarahben/surprising-provocative-pr-stunts-innovative-solutions-here-are-5-topics-that-fascinated-me-this-year</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:56:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWMeL51u53XvUsr2NupAfjLLbzNbbyF7krpjFLtwzB8CGZmLfNQgbW95Tzv6zKfGG7rpdbBX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white beaches of an island on the east coast of Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[                 The white beaches of an island on the east coast of Australia are said to be the most white beach in the world.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@sarahben/the-white-beaches-of-an-island-on-the-east-coast-of-australia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@sarahben/the-white-beaches-of-an-island-on-the-east-coast-of-australia</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:14:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdWpZBnYQhnqEACnfkTLa44n14SRao7k9GbSKAeTyYvGyU2i4LGXiSi7VrMmVca25GaLrz94SHpi2o6Qzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[" Ark Hotel "]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ark Hotel is one of the most spectacular floating hotels in the world, and the finest water-borne ship with its innovative architectural design. This project is designed in collaboration with the International]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/architecturalphotography/@sarahben/ark-hotel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/architecturalphotography/@sarahben/ark-hotel</guid><category><![CDATA[architecturalphotography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqv4t5GAd5KdoCLa9ZjoXkycKrtBZ9uX5yCt9CSUoXaCAm2J18rkNTfp7E7cRsRVMWRF5kos3ie82k3n3ATJ1M5SYu9BpKt3ve?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Interview Questions Asked By Recruiters And My Answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[They ask such questions just for the heck of asking,not even expecting an answer, just a sound, just to ensure they are talking to a living entity. Why are you here? It is obvious you invited me Where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@sarahben/ten-interview-questions-asked-by-recruiters-and-my-answer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entertainment/@sarahben/ten-interview-questions-asked-by-recruiters-and-my-answer</guid><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sarahben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 14:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8ufZSq4FNf5EXMXpy9xvE7xVEJo7W86hS7nYkRNxRYXNZ8BEmMV8UomcdK3gVHe8rWRE7dChk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>