<?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, 16 Apr 2026 23:05:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/intjthings/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA["Not everybody is going to care,just keep working and have your own ways to be satisfied." Welcome to my brain dump, it's morning and when I can sit down, sipping a cup of coffee while contemplating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-72</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:41:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdfY9dD2dKMgEr3y5Q3wCMnAJx8WBV7eD4mrgY3MAFFxoSsgFZUZ8cmCM8XJwpcnCqkbnBn1Z4Pd88e1aFnNv9Fh6C2GUMBhg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Do you even know how smart I am in Spanish?” Gloria from Modern family Welcome to my brain dump, it's morning and when I can sit down, sipping a cup of coffee while contemplating life and emptying it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musing-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musing-71</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdfY9dD2dKMgEr3y5Q3wCMnAJx8WBV7eD4mrgY3MAFFxoSsgFZUZ8cmCM8XJwpcnCqkbnBn1Z4Pd88e1aFnNv9Fh6C2GUMBhg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally, I got a breather. My dad's finally got out of the hospital and I am happy for it. The thing is, going around the hospital has never been an easy ordeal. I have so much respect for people that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-70</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:32:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdfY9dD2dKMgEr3y5Q3wCMnAJx8WBV7eD4mrgY3MAFFxoSsgFZUZ8cmCM8XJwpcnCqkbnBn1Z4Pd88e1aFnNv9Fh6C2GUMBhg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Isn't it crazy that 99% new resolution fail? Maybe it isn't crazy afterall because during during the first month of the year, we wanted to fix whatever problem is plaguing our lives. The thing is, we probably]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@macchiata/brain-dump-morning-musings-69</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:31:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYdfY9dD2dKMgEr3y5Q3wCMnAJx8WBV7eD4mrgY3MAFFxoSsgFZUZ8cmCM8XJwpcnCqkbnBn1Z4Pd88e1aFnNv9Fh6C2GUMBhg2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Dump | Morning Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cost of impatience We all know that some patience goes a long way but for impatient person, that is never the case. 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