<?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>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:38:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/retirement/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Back Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[My cousin and I tying one on the other evening. Weather has been amazing lately. Promised myself this winter that when the temps warmed up I would start getting out and moving more. So far so good. Last]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@coinjoe/back-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@coinjoe/back-home</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coinjoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:21:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8vADMYRk6fw43AZ9WZrzxDgyX7pbDSFB5EJ4y1CBtsUSors8bV7i6bdkqRsJ6jjncr3udmWdfBPN5aVtikf4hyMDgm8nV7RP8J3wg13WSY9agnxv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning Retirement]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be very honest, I never really enjoyed working in my 9 to 6 jobs. In my mid 30s itself, I had started planning about my retirement. That idea of working till 60 never went well with me. 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I'm talking about those things that you might have started even a couple of decades ago, perhaps during a moment of fascination on a day]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/at-the-point-of-never-finishing-something</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/at-the-point-of-never-finishing-something</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6htCpLQTXMxcTUtJWz3XMDxjWd3XDnYSHjMJ58PyjfP8AdEMo3V5YTHaLXQsx7q3Zvt3S27X42bJjwFddQD1AYGNwPqELjLtoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Musings on Retirement and that TASTEY 20% tax free BOOST from salary contributions! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[So one of my favourite monthly rituals is now adding manually to my SIPP... 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