<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@pauliinasoilu/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Am I Polymathic or Just Chasing Dopamine? My Unplanned Dive Into Hand Sewing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, completely out of nowhere, my brain decided to develop a sudden, intense new special interest: hand sewing. Sure, they taught us basic hand sewing and machine sewing back in school. 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I was thinking about this deeply today, and I came to a clear realization: I don’t even want to go]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@pauliinasoilu/why-i-m-done-with</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@pauliinasoilu/why-i-m-done-with</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pauliinasoilu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:03:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW3w55E9m2dpuZgVrNq2aY9mG215QedW6ESnn27hqZiQy8tYdwqQGHCXqDBKWyo2PCjW1qidjsuvDYcosRYb32g3mRKXo7vUUacn9fCvpF2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlocking the Polyglot Mind: Why Obsession Beats Traditional Language Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I started learning French recently, I had an epiphany that completely shifted how I view my relationship with languages. 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