<?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[Girl Gone Mild]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mysite]]></description><link>https://www.girlgonemild.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:38:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Figuring it Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s kind’ve funny.. Seven years ago I was shopping the Dormify catalog for my first ever college dorm. I was young (I’m still young), full of hope (I’m still full of hope) and inherently obsessed with the color pink (I would now saw it’s a slight admiration). So while not much has changed, everything has also changed at the same time. For instance, I had hair back then.. Now I have a wig-ottoman. Arguably, a win. What I find most interesting in how I’ve changed in the last several years is...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/figuring-it-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b482146f1601b2182492d4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:32:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you want? Really.]]></title><description><![CDATA[From high school to young adulthood there are often multiple times in our life where we are put in situations and asked on what our personal/professional/extisential goals in life are. From life skills classes full of career aptitude tests to monthly reviews at work. We are asked to lay out what we want to accomplish in a certain future timeline. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people say they want to do something and put an actual amount of zero effort forth towards said 'goal'. I want...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/what-do-you-want-really</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696a7dec022bfc82f7671331</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:47:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dealing with Grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came to a coffee shop to write this as I thought it’d make it less likely for me to cry. Turns out that’s not the case and now my dirty chai is a little saltier than usual. This morning my childhood dog was put down. pause not for dramatic effect, but for me to do some fast blinks to dissipate the tears For the record I’m doing my best to make zero eye contact with anyone in my vicinity and would probably be deeply embarrassed if someone were to come up to me right now so be prepared for me...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/dealing-with-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69629b3e626cc32a0892ca4d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:38:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating in 2025.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Left. Left. Left. Left. Right. Left. While you may think I'm reciting the lyrics of the hit hip-hop song released by Drama in 2000. I'm actually giving you the play by play on my dating life. Despite being a young person that puts herself in a copious amount of settings to meet age appropriate and like-minded partners with similar interests (run clubs, co-ed sport leagues, run clubs, church) I find that it seems apps like Hinge and Tinder are a primary source of where I interact with...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/dating-in-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f98a5954ea84bcfb7695ca</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:39:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are days where I feel this incestious joy for life. The kind you see in the cut to scenes of movies.. dancing with a loved one in the kitchen. Obviously not a kitchen but you’d be surprised how limited the ‘dancing in kitchen’ GIF genre is For me that loved one is my dog(s). Then there are days where I long for sleep to take me and propel me farther away from this day I’m in. I want so badly to not be someone who lets this life pass me by. Just when I seem to escape for just long...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/untitled-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68eddfde9effe0fb9ab17aa6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:30:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tripping without Falling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following *text follows a systemic series of thoughts I found myself quite literally tripping over on one of my walks this week. So...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/tripping-without-falling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6791a5d24b4f21d5eaf86855</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:20:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On The Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[When analyzing dating culture and trends earlier this week, I realized something. *Okay, so I guess I could also phrase that as when I...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/on-the-market</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672e6d6893e01fa908971760</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:10:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[True to Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an age of social media we are surrounded by surrealism of filters, photoshop and fake smiles (the kind that resemble advertisements...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/true-to-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6712f47806882a2a1326265b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:12:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Did My Best ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder if you’re truly the best version of yourself? Don’t worry I’m not going to give you some bullshit on how with the...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/i-did-my-best</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67049cf2ed7be86af906dab4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:01:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is Incremental]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some days I think I can’t even remember the girl I used to be and other days it’s like I can’t escape her. The cool thing about change is...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/change-is-incremental</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f5d7a3c8d51068258b4cf1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:55:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatest Love Story of All]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that you’ve fallen prey to my strategically worded clickbait, this is not a romantic love story. This is something much more...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/greatest-love-story-of-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e874d9288b56497ec51ad1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:27:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Media isn't Toxic, we are.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We as a society love to place blame on anyone but ourselves. Just look at what happened this week on the bachelorette… .. if you haven’t...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/social-media-isn-t-toxic-we-are</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ddcc668856df88c551050b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 16:20:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/740722_8f470dc896b1479b88e453d993ab824a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_585,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[(S)exactly What I Want]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t think men realize how often women don’t finish during sex. It’s around half if you’re wondering, whereas in my own experience men...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/s-exactly-what-i-want</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66cd12b0701a90326ec725e6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:49:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[not so tough]]></title><description><![CDATA[As much as I like to play big, bad femininion warrior queen; I am not as tough as I let on. Let me rephrase that: I’m actually tougher....]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/not-so-tough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66bcf39d8134a4b536f0c7db</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:19:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baggage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relationship baggage is parallel to baggage claim at the airport in more than the verbatim. You start out waiting, thinking you know what...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/baggage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b410584cd9a3ad32a857d8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:44:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Want from Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years ago if you would have asked me what my greatest goals in life were it would have been 1. to get married and 2. find true love....]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/what-i-want-from-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6675f27a164e45fd03f6eebd</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:54:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riding Sobriety]]></title><description><![CDATA[I come from a long line of alcoholically-inclined consumptionists. We as people don’t like to talk about this. We’ll watch shows like...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/riding-sobriety</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6661ebaa419122b2494d16ef</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:06:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating Post Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[You would think that shaving your head and having actual poison pumped into your body bi-weekly through a device implanted into your...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/dating-post-cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66551cc6f6b05d4b2c10c2c1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 00:07:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who I Was]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot has happened over the last few months.. Let alone few years. Beat cancer Moved cross-country Corporate lay-offs Identity Stolen Car...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/who-i-was</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6645065b12aa1d5a4a727ea7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 19:19:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Travel Solo]]></title><description><![CDATA[For so long in my life I would create these lists of things I wanted to do with people. Whether that be with friends, family or...]]></description><link>https://315152.wixsite.com/girlgonemildblog/post/why-i-travel-solo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f1e8c9d2e6e36a312eead0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/740722_725cc18533914263bc4314ad43216ed4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_950,h_644,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>therealspeel</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>