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            <title><![CDATA[Stop Criticising What You’ve Never Tried to Understand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I’ve Never Made New Year’s Resolutions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:49:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What I Want More Than a Better Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Quiet Check-In]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Roman Empire: Always Thinking About How to Look My Age]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:17:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Someone Walks Away, Let Yourself Return to You]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Crush That Surprised Me]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chef’s Kiss on a Tired Day]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Definition of Love]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:43:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Don’t Write Stories. I Live Them First.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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