<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>First Conversations on Own The Leap</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/tags/first-conversations/</link><description>Recent content in First Conversations on Own The Leap</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://owntheleap.com/tags/first-conversations/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>What Waiting Looks Like in Practice</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-waiting-looks-like-in-practice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-waiting-looks-like-in-practice/</guid><description>&lt;p>The insight from yesterday was still there this morning. That doesn&amp;rsquo;t always happen.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>I had a long conversation with myself last night about the document and the blog and the difference between a record and a conclusion. I went to bed thinking it might dissolve by 6am into whatever Tuesday required of me. It did not dissolve. I woke up with the same smaller question I had gone to bed with: the record doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to know what it adds up to while it&amp;rsquo;s still being made. I made coffee. I checked the inbox at 7:08, which is the habit now. Nothing from either contact. Checked again twenty minutes later. Still nothing.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>