<?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, 12 May 2026 02:03:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/growing-pains/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Era Of Extremes Is Coming To An End | Resistance Is Futile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Self-discovery leads to the realization that tending to the extremes is both part of me and really not in my best interest at the same time. I think in that most human beings are the same: We try so hard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/transformation/@paradigmprospect/the-era-of-extremes-is-coming-to-an-end-or-resistance-is-futile</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/transformation/@paradigmprospect/the-era-of-extremes-is-coming-to-an-end-or-resistance-is-futile</guid><category><![CDATA[transformation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paradigmprospect]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi6ksuzVh6JJptBJCL6eFwx2gvRnpcRhTRKgmTKc5WMfwE34sDr8cShkyUKfb6mg5j3cUTwVnK3r6NqZ9c6sxvQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This series of stories will be titled 'I'm surprised I turned out as well as I did, given my childhood ...' 62]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, a warning. Amusing though the humiliation can seem from such a long way off, and the benefit of a couple or three decades, hindsight being 20-20 and all that, and life-experiences giving us way]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@michelle.gent/this-series-of-stories-will-be-titled-i-m-surprised-i-turned-out-as-well-as-i-did-given-my-childhood-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@michelle.gent/this-series-of-stories-will-be-titled-i-m-surprised-i-turned-out-as-well-as-i-did-given-my-childhood-62</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michelle.gent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ6iizU2uR1ddMC39kimSjSnF1E7C33jXhmZvpHxftuK7RAvjoAgeoSqTTeuPDK6QYQdbQwFW4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>