<?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 05:52:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zeal72/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking Free from the Perfectionism Trap]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a new day, and just like every other day, your aim is to avoid as many errors as you can. Make everything perfect and nice. The plans have to work out as planned. 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We've all been there – going back to people, and things who've hurt us, even when every logical part]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/emotions/@zeal72/why-we-keep-going-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/emotions/@zeal72/why-we-keep-going-back</guid><category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zeal72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gPSQXD26P2AUtxtYwVGUdiiG3qpApwfhXEeyZPhMPb9xJ4ux3s41BmmQz4giaSFjHqPPm4yqDpqWtt6K5RAZSuQsu5EY3f3Zjm1UXV9ZzFHMPG4536Vp3zd92n9UiLxugjgRs3gysxiVtJpxyFpFoeDh65156Uv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Moved On… But Did You Actually Heal?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Healing and moving on might seem like the same thing, but they're not. We often mix them up, and that can cause problems later. When bad things happen to us, we feel pain. That's normal. 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But deep down, some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@zeal72/the-guys-say-d63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@zeal72/the-guys-say-d63</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-11060]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zeal72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:40:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is Hard Enough — Stop Adding Annoying Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a normal day, one of the things that annoys me the most is people not keeping to time. Like, why tell me you’ll show up by 10am if you know you won’t even leave your house till 11? I’ll just be standing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-102879/@zeal72/life-is-hard-enough-stop-adding-annoying-things-lhc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-102879/@zeal72/life-is-hard-enough-stop-adding-annoying-things-lhc</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-102879]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zeal72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAQkEu2StR7x4ywmww7stkNVo1htNKAPMyT23rTj8pyA3fwmCAyRajKXZt351cbwLPttkTPWrLpNwi6eF89fdeoCvpynggSH4CgWCQuLwb9TtNaUtQZg6c3tqy3LoJa9Ffv1ynkKK6VtYWMxAV3KgeTLzUxKydtxnbbUNgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My City And Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you had asked me some years ago about how power supply was in Aba, I would’ve just sighed and said, “my brother, forget light.” Honestly, it was that bad. 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