<?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>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:46:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/personalessay/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Arrival — the unexpected grief of finally getting exactly what you wanted]]></title><description><![CDATA[The morning I finally got the thing I'd asked for longer than I've asked for anything else, I stood in my kitchen and felt almost nothing. Not disappointed. Just quiet, in a way I didn't have a word for]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@roomwithnoclock/arrival-the-unexpected-grief-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@roomwithnoclock/arrival-the-unexpected-grief-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-186424]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roomwithnoclock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:03:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVqAapawpbaa5na6B7qFBxcHug6pp19mxCx2pVgR51mSFh2Q29fMzSX5mecY42RM6pG375qDHy7hP1aKLM2VZa2yF2Sf4Q8rQjxrF9n8A4DYxJVAGNUfkSK8DDPpBpV4DSfzW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight — the quiet relief of no longer needing to be legible to others]]></title><description><![CDATA[The refrigerator hums before anything else does. At this hour, the house stops pretending it is full of plans. It becomes what it really is. A few dark rooms. A counter. 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