<?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 17:36:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@titusflek/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Which Is the Most Productive Time to Work: Late Night vs. Early Morning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people think of grinding hour by hour any work that may require of them to have complete focus — or that they have a personal passion in — during late in the night or well early in the morning. At]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@titusflek/which-is-the-most-productive-time-to-work-late-night-vs-early-morning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@titusflek/which-is-the-most-productive-time-to-work-late-night-vs-early-morning</guid><category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 13:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYggWG1BGe3kxGCoAmpy3oBBzQ5kfewfCNZEu7gXoG1pTVyKTBVhBgGCYqcKrWL2UJKQD5MkArJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those Nights...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The blind hours That we used to create A world for the two of us —  A world where we could live In the cradled seclusion Of our own selves. Amidst placid winds, Away from clamorous voices, Amidst serene]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/those-nights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/those-nights</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 12:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYm3dcxQD8ZeyRBENxf8GJChWD5VFrhbc2tAbuiJaXu5ZusRRYwqjLKE64cYD5Q8q6hQZXHMxrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Story of My Hammer: And What Made Me Define My “Nail” as I Did]]></title><description><![CDATA[From all the things I see in college, one thing I understand is that I will get to know some of the truest forms of people who are going to make up the future society. As always, there are good people,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beyourself/@titusflek/the-story-of-my-hammer-and-what-made-me-define-my-nail-as-i-did</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beyourself/@titusflek/the-story-of-my-hammer-and-what-made-me-define-my-nail-as-i-did</guid><category><![CDATA[beyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMuD2hLBSQoioT7gZkVpSNuVaKkujtdzp8FDVdwJ2T1k59DyCyAoyUWJGjr5fEU8zH2swteTTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken Promises]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we were past What could have been ourselves, Past all the rumors And truth that didn’t matter, Past the sensibilities of life As others have it, And death We would embrace together, We were held by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@titusflek/broken-promises</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@titusflek/broken-promises</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZxx7e771SQxeDMnogzri2VkXDrusNYbWWnyocx9uw8qQ4EkJFf6pMQ5NbfvVMBdcqAE22MhYAa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Should You Invest in?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One thing you have to know before you can succeed is what you should believe in that's external to you. So, what do you believe in the most that you are confident about investing your time and resources]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@titusflek/what-should-you-invest-in-464f40070f202</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@titusflek/what-should-you-invest-in-464f40070f202</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:53:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3Vq53A46xBYZ3uZqGkE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is the Reason Some People Are More Productive During the Night?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has nothing to do with being insomniac. It's the way we are wired. For some reason, even contrary to the quality of our mindset, we can effectively produce more during some parts of the day, and not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@titusflek/what-is-the-reason-some-people-are-more-productive-during-the-night</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@titusflek/what-is-the-reason-some-people-are-more-productive-during-the-night</guid><category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYvMt8ZnCqQUuSNULYt3ozi2fFqGduVfn82YY5GZaaSnVwQEnEj7y5nFdLEVMPqxgGCmcuMff8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you stay true to yourself without wanting to be someone else?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consider, for one improvised second, what would happen if Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, both men of immense talents, achievements and justifying spirits in their own fields of athleticism, were to exchange]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/how-do-you-stay-true-to-yourself-without-wanting-to-be-someone-else</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/how-do-you-stay-true-to-yourself-without-wanting-to-be-someone-else</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 02:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjWUA2jCa2aRxT2y1xCLwfqskdRT15BfhWTxG2oeKKbFCS6aqsq7jdPLu5vPN1Yga19EaS5Fnn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dying Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whenever I see something totally disheartening, I see it as a light, flickering its last flickers, about to just sputter and die. That way, the problem becomes more tangible. That way, I can have hope.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/the-dying-light</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/the-dying-light</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:34:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow Your Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, understand it's yours to do anything you want with it. Succumbing to your society, don't live someone else's dream, and kill your heart in the process. Because your dreams make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/passion/@titusflek/follow-your-heart-20171224t7218156z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/passion/@titusflek/follow-your-heart-20171224t7218156z</guid><category><![CDATA[passion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 01:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5iCVKv6564kRSLAZ3sU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOW FORSYTH STARTS HIS NOVELS “EXPLOSIVELY”]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is of as much importance that a writer should know where and how to begin telling his story, then slowly ripple outwards, as he should to plot a fairly digestible tale with all the correct spices of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@titusflek/how-forsyth-starts-his-novels-explosively</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@titusflek/how-forsyth-starts-his-novels-explosively</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:22:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjXYLg39uCw3x5KhKs8X4JsWWYmYYPPjhitDyn2r8MtvThZdXrDDVAaBUNUch7RGG6WDKZL2Vt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE STORIES WE HAVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each one of us has a story. Always. We carry it all the time, we carry it on our faces, we carry it through our actions. We carry it unspoiled by the grasp of any written word, and tell it more by emotions.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@titusflek/the-stories-we-have</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@titusflek/the-stories-we-have</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:17:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSMfKU5q9nxKD2t91W4Ysyyt9iW8kGEwW76zox7jYK7wYAM2qQzsfXxZFwhqd1kjtZ2z4GidFt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOURNEY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tread upon this path, and have been treading upon it for some days now; that I may find you by the end. I am the comrade of my soul; the master of my wisdom. But it is as if you have had their tethers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@titusflek/journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@titusflek/journey</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYWwj7cRdPWcgMTXsHNMcmGPh7ZLfdmXjU5akZuhgU2Q5441DbkuENGPvCexGMShxpmZGjo5QWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUDDENLY, I WAS BUT A LEAF]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suddenly, I was but a leaf in the tumultuous strife Of the indistinct but seemingly inevitable forest of life; I was readily slapped but never clapped; often the subject of despise. Troubles, if any (actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/suddenly-i-was-but-a-leaf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/suddenly-i-was-but-a-leaf</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:41:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuC4YY8PgroJr4nB1X4BJRy21Z1F68Azo2sNKDfVoFgp6rX6cyJDc8RTh8FnY1yx1GHRWBk6hk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TOUCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[A faint touch to the lapels of my soul, Feathery, Hardly perceptible, Havoc across my incoherence. I try to see through the restraints of the hypnotism, Soon to fail, That cloud my words, Leaving my tongue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/touch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/touch</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMQkHEeeegQYdQLgZ7stRE6RyhGDEBzwdZj8mCpsjBMPMY55oPNeaQ1pku8Arb3ZVEnRnqqRbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GROWTH]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you ever feel like you aren't sure about doing something productive, remember, anything that's productive certainly helps you grow, and anything that helps you grow is better than those easily attained]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/growth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/growth</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYS1cpfWvrjywCeGTFKq3CeQR99mpXmBmmnM91MwmBDpXmTPQz2paGDFSW8zncBmEpdzwmVKPre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[APOCALYPSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A beautiful day at the beach; The golden sand reflecting the vibes of the sun, The enthusiastic waves getting higher each time, People shifting their weights between the kudos for the restless beauty And]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/apocalypse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/apocalypse</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:52:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcUd7yfMfzvR2V71FUHnb83t6xeg1Ye1sDM1kH2Bdtd4nAAMA1qPY7SbgvQjeacHaJaagL2QWa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPIRITS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Images pass by Of the unseen, As the spirits engulf The darkness To become something More dark, Thickening with the seance, Feeding off fear; Fear for the realm That we don’t know exists. FOOTNOTES Originally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/spirits</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:57:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcNSWy667L473kKizBsR9XCKoNYjn1Uq9Uvg5HKMUCTJcpW9xG721oooJgTs8rJLSp7EesAyf4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOST]]></title><description><![CDATA[At times, I feel like I am in a hole. Detached from the world. Ignored. But, like always, I'll understand what not to do, where not to give in. I have to. Sorrow is not failure. Loneliness isn't either.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/lost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@titusflek/lost</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ23QqkERnHsmhst1bRHJbfvv4snpM61jwrDhukEQmPDmFhg8nuz9MvwkDzri71zeQcCZFYPd8a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PUBERTY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I cry, I laugh, I moan, I groan, I weep, I smile, I gloat, I rot; My pubertal gluttony ringing its toll. Mustn’t I like to be nestled in my mother’s lot? No, decided my testosterone, riding the hormonal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/puberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/puberty</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3ZGyH67oCvSS4JBM68RfFCjKZxk7eaiGtiEdwzDR1xM3XVoPT4Gtq79LyMv2ZBHXVfpVYpvia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vague day — a one-lined poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ramblings of my heart And the musings of my mind Tear up my coherence In different ways, Drowning me in the sorrow Of this vague day I seem to have No control over. Footnotes ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/vague-day-a-one-lined-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@titusflek/vague-day-a-one-lined-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[titusflek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ6bCZGdDgtbPay7GXbtMDAG4hZZRsjVBpgj2RuiNCYMRVEFJLHcRsyu5MS6KRKtMbCZz1he8Na?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>