<?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://alpha.ecency.com</link><image><url>https://alpha.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://alpha.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:15:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A grateful heart ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waking up to the sound of my alarm, and having an opportunity to make the best out of another day is what I’m most grateful for. There are probably thousand of people that did not get this chance. I don’t]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-grateful-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-grateful-heart</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZBGCucj6vr1MXu15qs1GkuyEfx9RBKcXB6zMGEp21uCv/img_3572.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the Little Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Off the top of my head, I would tell you that receiving/ having a lot of money excites me. And that’s because unlike what is often said, money can actually solve all of my problems. But this]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/it-s-the-little-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/it-s-the-little-things</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmR11GVCDb1nMPuyS9dzm17WUiyrEXGH5EcxH4QRK2CaFn/img_1954.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[March has been good]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember when I said January lasted for about 3 months, but thinking about the fact that we are done with the first quarter of the year, I feels it’s gone by so fast. When I checked my snap memories,]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/march-has-been-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/march-has-been-good</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPiiBvSg2d2E12SUh61XQ1wWhqEx68KnL1GWYt4VwzQWM/8ab2e9b8_12fe_4274_9027_04e23e11484f.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adulting or something like that…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I got a headset. It’s something that I’ve recently been thinking about and I finally had it delivered today. When the delivery guy called in the morning to say he would be coming later in the day,]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/adulting-or-something-like-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/adulting-or-something-like-that</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:11:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmaZeS6VMS5t1xCiEYzanHXZDkM98o1GwfLxa4Kix9f2dt/img_3198.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing forgiveness ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image from canva This prompt reminded me of a time in senior high school when my friend did something to me. 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Did I find things to]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/not-the-usual-weekend-vibe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/not-the-usual-weekend-vibe</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/82kPqomaPXmNsjpEo1MWkrS8vWaZqyg96D6rYNc44G9t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting me a gift?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was going to say that I’ve never written a wishlist. But then I realized I have. I wrote it not because I was hoping that anyone would get these things for me. 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And honestly, he couldn’t have]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/friends-that-found-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/friends-that-found-me</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmYbPJmkMCKmjE61dHBfCDx4s1eFqc9ZGnf3r8VYnQHWv8/9c4cf29a_75a3_40cc_b5d4_c04b9825f429.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black; any day, anytime]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, you can easily tell what my favorite color is just by being around me a couple of times. More than half of my wardrobe was made up of black clothes. 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I was telling a colleague at work yesterday that we’ve been in January for two months now.]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/how-s-your-january-been</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/how-s-your-january-been</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:08:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmbk6SXLrdFzroZPmFkoHML2Vhzvxm4amcJtufW9kGF91s/img_2769.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going up the Educational Ladder. Is it worth it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Going through life at the university has taught me quite a lot of things, and it has been eye-opening. And especially with what I studied, I have come to realize that its not all about going to lectures]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/going-up-the-educational-ladder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/going-up-the-educational-ladder</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQma2dVXNaNwxn9seZN9RUubZJosSkgGR38CC5NfgVKwToz/img_2749.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highlights of My Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote this yesterday, but I forgot to post it. So ‘today’ means ‘yesterday’. Throughout this week, I've given thought to what actually makes my day. And so throughout the week, I’ve paid attention to]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/highlights-of-my-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/highlights-of-my-day</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:18:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeGeBxyFZkf3gNa8pwKNCnVmExcGFTSvfYcBJziLjxLem/img_2743.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Little Escape from Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I think about adventures or things that I’ve never done before, so many things come to mind. I’ve thought of adventures in the air, but just one flight proved to me that being up in the air is really]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-little-escape-from-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-little-escape-from-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmSbJySf12tLRycXrwWEa2jRwrwKzM6F7paFYG742TnJdg/img_2711.heic" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layers of Me: Everyone's Unique Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[With all the people I interact with frequently, I have come to study them and know how to react to each of them. My friends often have very varying perspectives on me, and I think I like that. Each of]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/layers-of-me-everyone-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/layers-of-me-everyone-s</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmWzHQEyRwN2zyk7RHm3nedpcsUJqZji73bo3TQneFuxDp/whatsapp_image_2024_01_20_at_16.11.58_3c0a95a5.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Spending Choices Overtime.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It wasn't until just a few years ago that I could buy things for myself. And having the ability to do that, I didn’t really have any good plans. I would literally spend all the money I have at that point]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/my-spending-choices-overtime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/my-spending-choices-overtime</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdixbiixt5FQEM6xMfBsZxGqWD4NtawQZCX95MZiZtmJ4/img_2673.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little less worries..]]></title><description><![CDATA[I paid a visit to my cousin last weekend, and as we were filling each other in on what’s going on with our lives, she asked me, “Have you also been outside this December?“ I said no. She added, “You should]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-little-less-worries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/a-little-less-worries</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:18:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmX9Nx9L6bAfPYQUguF7mpRUnpiyTLCWt8Yg5oXVaVtKN7/img_2660.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2023 wrapped! Goals for the new year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking back at 2023, it was quite a challenging year for me. If you had told me I would have done all the things I did, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. But I’m glad all these things happened. I]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/2023-wrapped-goals-for-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/2023-wrapped-goals-for-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmWrLD7tAFRLYRwjoJrZHDpYZSYwgWUewuw7z3S9GMcrDb/img_2585.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting my NSS journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought I should make a post of what I’m currently doing with my life but every time I remember, I come up with some sort of excuse. 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My mom]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/graduation-the-stress-and-memories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@smariam/graduation-the-stress-and-memories</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smariam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:57:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmSf6gdi7wa62e2EMzvBBZYatAk1oSHsPHf9wYaStsaFZG/img_2061.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>