<?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, 02 May 2026 21:36:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/consumerdebt/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Follow up to an earlier post]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick follow up to my recent post titled, "The U.S. Dollar isn't used as often as it once was to buy goods and services." [FN1] Ask yourself this question, "If Americans are not utilizing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@jerome-colley/follow-up-to-an-earlier</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@jerome-colley/follow-up-to-an-earlier</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jerome-colley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 01:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2xrUpxynFs9SFNnn3DQjwyM5oudr4hmxSoWW6BiVsrC1d3HEnYEJmhufMuiM9Ur5EDf7q3362jpqG9nPqbq1rzbvsbnw4SAf155ww4uHRg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial freedom journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cheaper mortgage rate a little more money coming into the house. Next step was to figure out how to get a handle on the debt. Thanks to money saving expert I learned quite a substantial amount on how to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/3cpirr-financial-freedom-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/3cpirr-financial-freedom-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[consumerdebt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevasmith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial freedom turnaround]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graduating in 2011 and struggling to find a job in the field I had studied for 4 years the future didn't look bright. I jumped job to job whilst my wife landed a nice career, she supported me for many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-turnaround</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-turnaround</guid><category><![CDATA[consumerdebt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevasmith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:18:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial freedom journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[2007-2011 I was a student, part time employee, home owner and drowning in consumer debt. My wife has a want, want, want consumer spending mindset. Me on the other hand I considered myself an individual]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/consumerdebt/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[consumerdebt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevasmith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:12:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial freedom the beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[May 2005, I met my wife to be at the age of 19. Those early days were filled with dreams of moving to the states and have a family in SoCal. I was a mere minimum wage employee at McDonald's with no real]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/financialfreedom/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-the-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/financialfreedom/@stevasmith/financial-freedom-the-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[financialfreedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevasmith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>