<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:05:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@skoolielove/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Living in a Bus: Saving money with Bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Buying Bitcoin and other Crypto-currencies I was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1986, three years before the Berlin Wall fell, communism didn’t pan out. When my parents and I moved to America in 1996, everyone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/living-in-a-bus-saving-money-with-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/living-in-a-bus-saving-money-with-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/SiQni9EsHGr8Y5VLHLJc9G3gkbopRRV913HoWUVm1pfBc9Z9U5WFW4gk6AT3gkvFekPL58nTkiiL91UoJvh6ExYwtwG89SmBvU8FQm1HQL2MeH36d1LgvQwxTanB5wZxbCzVKhQCRqRAaczktCH3bGLwjcaN7epDZD1TLX8cZZ9pr2SqcpnedCDtkVtPrC8MiQJ7Uz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four years ago I moved into a School Bus: Here's why.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings! My name is Patrick and I have been the joyful owner of a 34 foot International 3800 church bus since March of 2015. 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Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/i-m-33-and-have-never-seen-a-dead-human-body</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/i-m-33-and-have-never-seen-a-dead-human-body</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xxWE1HBU2t6ySY8QhXLyYGSPFs61bLkoVn65Z2iBPyWasiMBa3qUyUhWv2i3JsHSsa2UumYUtv7c7nHYsmixvMsFdBJzA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling my Bluff – Monday Motivation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The alarm woke me at 7am. “I wish we weren't headed to work” was my first thought. Achy and stiff, I got out of bed and started making coffee. I reminded myself to be grateful for even having work. I don't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mindset/@skoolielove/calling-my-bluff-monday-motivation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mindset/@skoolielove/calling-my-bluff-monday-motivation</guid><category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:46:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovqY5N9psxMcGnchQ2yE2p642YV53fmAsKaZrHBujk4EX4XX5CYTUkms6zbgA5Cn9MGvRkAgaYqG8wmp7kteZxKNe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parked in the Oregon woods: 30 Days of Solitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Checking into the campground and driving to my parking spot for the month, I found myself among the tallest trees I had ever seen. Nature everywhere I looked. 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Everyday]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/unpopular-opinion-don-t-want-your-baby-just-abort-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/unpopular-opinion-don-t-want-your-baby-just-abort-it</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:43:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZeQ4SuceuiU1uFrXHuM5QhbAE5DBPtbgmuLBMC6TpBW7UEmgFEqqnCpVjoHwxvdJvbFegNT5xNjQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[500 Word Stories - "A Beautiful Morning"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daily To-Do-List Consume less – no television, few movies, limit phone screen time. Less unhealthy foods. Pickup trash in the neighborhood Workout – physical and mental fitness. Spend time outdoors. Meaningful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/500-word-stories-a-beautiful-morning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@skoolielove/500-word-stories-a-beautiful-morning</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328DDnvfLphVPgtKvfFa8br2sF4ovc1ouTWLfjyyeLX2R9UXgyAg4JYjs91VsayiaFig3r9kS1KaWV8XSnbNXLavwMbTg6NqKvAUzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[500 Word Stories - "It’s such a delightful life" - Worth $1,000,000 ??]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my third year parking the bus in my friend’s driveway in Ocala, Florida. 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I’m sitting at the dining room table, fingering through Instagram. I could easily waste the next couple hours]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/500-word-stories-the-trouble-is-you-think-you-have-time-buddha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/500-word-stories-the-trouble-is-you-think-you-have-time-buddha</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:42:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Uw98Y31WkYFubHtg9KsbeWYGH99muKfcmmZdh6aF4cqVTyw3aqwrJYckWSZzSTBdu8h7xCv8L5Zd98?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[500 Word Stories - Amsterdam - Worth $1.00 ??]]></title><description><![CDATA[“If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? 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Let’s have a little chat about working for yourself, working for someone else, and what kind’s of things you want to keep in mind while you are looking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/getting-jobs-while-traveling-the-perks-of-bus-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/getting-jobs-while-traveling-the-perks-of-bus-life</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:49:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jRkiGJbm7AcvM2yLwUErayxwz6S3A2vfXN7d4YmK17uhzudbBXz26XZPbeWyH8YYokX28DDNptC1EuEuFMg9NXNyDZZjrwrhJHuwbuKzZEpkkYrRbEYoquzzCbp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatest School Bus story EVER — “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years. 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It’s also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/greatest-school-bus-story-ever-the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@skoolielove/greatest-school-bus-story-ever-the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[skoolielove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:02:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCBRzTxRJWxpz7qLMdK4Nq6Ha3QAmrmWNLCRjepgH8H5i4TuM1QAetpcswzLGKGqfhKZiRoM3Q1KYMQX8FW8cZBGJ8hGH1DB8648iDWDgcQeBrna4KujR9c1LFYpQV5uUkjLBBt2Z6WPWT5W36PLiCzYFtdL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tippy Trips Bus Conversion]]></title><description><![CDATA[And her name is… Purple Majesty! 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