<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:59:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/expectations/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Wishing Well or Bottomless Well]]></title><description><![CDATA[Passing by the neighbor's yard today, a well caught my attention. It is not the simple stone, open well that we have the opportunity to see in medieval fortified cities. This well has its own roof, a concrete]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@duskobgd/wishing-well-or-bottomless-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@duskobgd/wishing-well-or-bottomless-well</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[duskobgd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqsRzgMc5uTvVnuK9zesYuEFbQ8KVGiTgHqWy2k4FRpG961ZFGrhy8RV6oD5ip7cFht8wXQMmkeQ1xpYEScJGv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if This is "As Good as it Gets?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people spend a lot of time, energy and thought being absorbed in the future. Typically, that future we contemplate is largely fictitious in the sense that we're dreaming about "better times,"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/what-if-this-is-as-good-as-it-gets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/what-if-this-is-as-good-as-it-gets</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6i3paqNLedGZxZMR7oQoznwZqs9y7whUKFaSyhW9xBuXrAiktZZzxsNyJUuAEXArbEgKY3QENdHn2JvNQZE1aVfEyrkq4qqJ5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survival ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life as a student is not really easy,it’s like in every stage of our lives we think it’s going to get better in the next stage,it’s going to change,it going to be upgraded but it might not be like that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/survival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/survival</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:38:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxuq1cCgQTSGJGQwdvKsMyBkkeigP9Mm67UQ3dqKc1qHHc4XN9LaokmYDpNVEb8JFdMZxNAcJTnz6Px7R4rDFDdEt74Z2qUecg8n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of love ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just like any other day , I set myself into putting in the work in the gym like I always do. Lift weight, go back home, sleep and repeat. But today I had a peculiar plan. A plan I had come up with months]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-fate-of-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-fate-of-love</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxtpqJHh2x1RCRQgV9Wf1cdBmRSLcnY9MrcTY3ts3xWZAAdEHNeiJYMB2k1Rr5VU2QmRnEZ43UCH8iJuxib2viFZLBja6HdQCQEJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rick’s fate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside the cold-stone prison gates of Nigerias most infamous jailhouse stood Rick moreno. A Congolese-British fugitive who had no doubt in mind his safe heaven was here. Prison. The dump house where him]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/ricks-fate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/ricks-fate</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxs8Jo3MMZn5VLiexJMTdTB2DJGszgeaFoT8aHFMD77YsgyyKdFfrYQSacAovMyV4T9XZV3yxXYz7JQ4Qf4Lbpk52eX3dCVcvjHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expectations of a Concerned Citizen]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Expectation” they say, “is the mother of disappointment.” In essence, you shouldn't expect anything to avoid disappointment. We've learnt to go by that principle in this part of the world. 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Teams should not be fiddling changing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101690/@cryptoandcoffee/hard-to-believe-a-74-win-rate-was-not-deemed-good-enough-jyd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101690/@cryptoandcoffee/hard-to-believe-a-74-win-rate-was-not-deemed-good-enough-jyd</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101690]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btU7ow1ftgPJWGrEzMJ5owU6baGi1ySt1x7AGqbC8xUdhQPaTtdFNk5xCbbst5rwnH8eKTU4yU7jq4jzaE6gacTs7vMSCiadnC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make Sacrifices And Take Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this part of the world, there's an inherent perception that you have to make something of yourself and the more time that passes or rather the older you get, this perception starts taking the shape]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@takhar/make-sacrifices-and-take-risks-h36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@takhar/make-sacrifices-and-take-risks-h36</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[takhar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:41:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvgeEigDRtRZXJUDM66FgT1PdEpdgnsP5yckMR7E7pp5TtZRiMAeKa2XddYQwqkqE3m3K5aY9pR1nXca2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to Identify Which Expectations Deserve Your Energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expectations are one of those particular aspects and our life that are definitely going to be existing in one way or the other and it is not always going to be something that we are going to have within]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@sayu907/learning-to-identify-which-expectations-deserve-your-energy-j8q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@sayu907/learning-to-identify-which-expectations-deserve-your-energy-j8q</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sayu907]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEUnZUfFTTZ3Epre5FgfBmV17oyzrjqpMM7YcWgnirSsCTRCVhexqiYGNgG7rKbAareQKaMpQhz7UJ3WAw6cojjbpT4MNTyVoAmG1jG6GATnFuY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Final Hurrah]]></title><description><![CDATA[In terms of expectations, 2025 is a lackluster year, most of the interesting events I read about that were predicted could happen this year didn't end up coming into reality. 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The uncertainties of life are now beginning to be something I’m always going to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@hopestylist/loosening-my-grip</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178265/@hopestylist/loosening-my-grip</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178265]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hopestylist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 23:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHaoXZ6FDmPtc8VFsskR9Y9FFmpxN7gUYCEgLLewP7mi1NesA4TUek67JsW27qDHenSioo8h8gMq9FNUvjnM8WJpLetgDynP7bm7CPnJ8yxghBVNWzoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[59th Actifit - 17885  steps - 12km - 2025-12-12]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we held the 33rd “Hamfekr-e Sirjan” startup meetup at Lab Café. What’s been interesting to me is how people, more or less, behave exactly the way you expect them to. 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