<?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, 18 Apr 2026 03:16:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/midlifecrisis/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[It's My Birthday! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[... And it's been a long time since I've written without the aid of AI. How are things on this side of the web? I've always toyed with the idea of quitting Hive once and for all, and please don't take]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@thegaillery/its-my-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/birthday/@thegaillery/its-my-birthday</guid><category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegaillery]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:02:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQPP3sFvt24pNkE7ewu9wT2eGQe5KaYKBhdYkaJivP1tntvo6YtAxfMFKHAMM6RPR2iRAkX93JFjf68dfRLv6pgafLD17pEGqb5SfWSJk39SMSxuqRFHiEr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Restless Soul & Yearning For “Home…”]]></title><description><![CDATA[The damn yin & yang… Uranus in 4th house is a real bitch sometimes, with the inner restlessness & instability/unpredictability around ‘home’ it brings. Granted, at the same time, without such a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/the-restless-soul-and-yearning-for-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/the-restless-soul-and-yearning-for-home</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rok-sivante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qygvKQLxbMqCTkw7us6Tme6JkMTPu45hsKPiqCSWP1LcTvz6CFikzdTWP2DY943deEqVjXc9mGk7F4xbyvXYuKKamCtoa75pT9DxueCS9cYRsEXjWziQPxHLUmhpZDyESU11HvMkXY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Social Media Purge… (And Clarity Of Dream/Vision Emerging From It)…]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s fascinating how fast ‘answers’ can come when you simply turn off distractions and create the space & silence to tune into them. (And how ‘putting the questions out there,’ versus just holding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/the-great-social-media-purge-and-clarity-of-dream-vision-emerging-from-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/the-great-social-media-purge-and-clarity-of-dream-vision-emerging-from-it</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rok-sivante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm1ixfRE6SfgaSiANQC1qU1d2n4LydBmJPUFMTaVUAq2bqgb8dSgHGwLHp4HKJTVZ15bN4rLDGyPPYAusjwm1MuwuFe4XtS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dumbing-Down, “Timelines,” And Simultaneous Mid-Life Crises Ascent/Descent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, how overdue for a good therapeutic vent, I am. So here we go with another amalgamation of reflections. Where to begin, having to condense the non-linear into linear words… Increasing often, I’ve been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/dumbing-down-timelines-and-simultaneous-mid-life-crises-ascent-descent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@rok-sivante/dumbing-down-timelines-and-simultaneous-mid-life-crises-ascent-descent</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rok-sivante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoXoGCCgZvo2HjgcUgMTMcgvDk2qrrMNZeRTyBjEioMx1Cqus3mXSm6Ki78qsBbbsGdXcZEgJyjMmfQDcteGagkW8xGotKGWge?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midlife Crisis & Dragon Year: Ridin’ Or Dyin’…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ah, how blessed we are for this dedicated space for vents & rants. Overdue, one’s been… where to begin? 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(Or at least summarizes the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@rok-sivante/what-and-why-to-even-right-anymore-more-midlife-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@rok-sivante/what-and-why-to-even-right-anymore-more-midlife-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rok-sivante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjbDkijCbdHuQcciS1Upf8HxrVkacmSAUZiyMvjbmfSuWiwVNiok45wLxBZouMoTYbyxGwy9nNV5h8oGYtVM55dy61t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am very fortunate to not be sick]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was talking to a local friend of mine on Sunday morning and he was telling me about how he was feeling tired for a long period of time and went to go get some bloodwork done only to discover that he]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@gooddream/i-am-very-fortunate-to-not-be-sick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@gooddream/i-am-very-fortunate-to-not-be-sick</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-141359]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gooddream]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 07:33:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPU8uEtsApLqns5G7v4UV2begDvj4jVeMQGcMSAPJaTTaxzfJ3AMxscyV14L3N7EsASVBRKS2jx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I LikeTu destroy myself in my midlife crisis 🤷‍♂️]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a fantastic geocaching day yesterday, with my aunt. Till I had my "hold my beer” moment, thinking it was a good idea to try to grind a bridge with my e-kickboard. Well, I guess it's how millennials]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@patlebo/i-like-tu-destroy-myself-in-my-midlife-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@patlebo/i-like-tu-destroy-myself-in-my-midlife-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[patlebo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:54:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHurD95Vbqvj1H34B627iFyeTfCo6DaxVvGm7hBQ2RFU3gjTkepD3eWPgBqPFkZDHM436mGdeMi9ueZuj4MkNRbF6MKb8cTJrKCNRa2KcKXtnVzAcKRGfbFhABPJLYNnDDWtEJpZhtnfPrBe2Hd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oldering]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get older. Can I just stay kid? 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What would you like to be when you grow up? The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-113523/@discoveringarni/a-compass-who-has-lost-its-bearings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-113523/@discoveringarni/a-compass-who-has-lost-its-bearings</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-113523]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[discoveringarni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc34HzAPKL34rVgA5KpZQU4RokA7ybxPy6ojmA1FQrRQpUKitdX49zgtNYKnUybDMFD9xw1eBZJ7GGSTMWnYqU9WR1BzATxEDKxKN9inxp9zg7u4cDmHbMerkeEz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another one of those nights. Words bouncing around inside my head like silly putty off a childhood wall. Secret pain secret tears just keep laughing. Keep laughing. Cryptic antiseptic for the flailing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/existentialcrisis/@corvidae/the-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/existentialcrisis/@corvidae/the-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[existentialcrisis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corvidae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 10:12:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8vAK4c1aNkj7NHPFU4zu2Fp8TQbVVLnRoZbML2jMXEXPVqzkxsRmCNU5TUw9scrVuWSdeyS3rsEc2hgVFs8U6V3uiwSDsjPH5dH6vZjMHU7mARdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying my luck at the pouring bench!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I must be starting my Mid life crisis because lately I have started doing and acquiring things that I would have never done in the past. 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On an @appics snapshot a week ago I promised to deliver]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@bryan-imhoff/let-the-mid-life-crisis-begin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@bryan-imhoff/let-the-mid-life-crisis-begin</guid><category><![CDATA[comics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bryan-imhoff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtC5FGc4dbhnimoSgD7UrMDvdWGwMTzRwXoPiXEz6fqBG2BCSfAddmid8tKJFUn61yPGNoogaNbUqeZFkQHebv9pzjgkhXHBL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Didn't See This Coming ]]></title><description><![CDATA[source I had no idea that it is fashionable to have a mid life crisis and go running. This makes sense now and women will believe anything. At least guys just have affairs and buy sports cars. 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Diese]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bewusstsein/@martin.gallist/schnelle-loesungen-sind-mir-ein-anliegen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bewusstsein/@martin.gallist/schnelle-loesungen-sind-mir-ein-anliegen</guid><category><![CDATA[bewusstsein]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martin.gallist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn7yCqLtE9NN4v1SY7HwumP3GAodNioS1TNiCjwxbw1GkbcYsuRcea7DfzCZWXeNHJuUyA4SBsrTv42sucaZkADcfp6k7esYVJQHudbx3DrXtz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sky High]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shattered at dawn, so far for so long Feeling newly baptized Thinking I don’t want this thing to end and all the blue sky Where our stony paths meet Coffee-coloured sheets Looking down at pale knees with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/benfolds/@unbroken/sky-high</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/benfolds/@unbroken/sky-high</guid><category><![CDATA[benfolds]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[unbroken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrG8iAECb5ngmpjsEgFz4twppZHtC8hzhfQxjphHK7ZiWnVJfESwfLWYEySfbzathBsV1yWVSg4ZEhwgAGhJKZ5Zdvazr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry be happy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style Ain't got no gal to make you smile Don't worry, be happy 'Cause when you worry your face will frown And that will bring everybody down So don't worry, be happy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/songs/@unbroken/don-t-worry-be-happy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/songs/@unbroken/don-t-worry-be-happy</guid><category><![CDATA[songs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[unbroken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrCeXsiAG4hkW4Ewv6g5NognajFcjaJ1bUW42ky4ngb1uMuZwZeaVLZCpSr8xFcHsb4sxXt71BorXK5eJqhkftr1ns1q8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of us]]></title><description><![CDATA[So yada yada yada... and I adopted a near blind pug named Princeton from a family who doesn't want him anymore. 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