<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>First Months on Own The Leap</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/tags/first-months/</link><description>Recent content in First Months on Own The Leap</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://owntheleap.com/tags/first-months/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>What Clarity Earns You</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-clarity-earns-you/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-clarity-earns-you/</guid><description>&lt;p>It&amp;rsquo;s Friday, October 30.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>I know it is Friday because I looked at the calendar. For 24 years, Friday arrived on its own. There was a texture to it: the week releasing, a small tidal thing, even in the bad years, even when I was carrying something I did not want to be carrying. Friday meant the same house for 48 hours instead of seven hours on video calls and the low background hum of what was still left to do. I organized myself around that rhythm without noticing. I noticed when it was gone.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>