<?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[wemustbemad]]></title><description><![CDATA[wemustbemad]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:54:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Pink Pussycat ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Chappell Roan and her Pink Pony Club hit, I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about a job I had years ago...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/the-pink-pussycat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68173b4af0457602a0facee0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 06:29:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d3c1a_4b252b9d107a404b87037a30de2214e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_828,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FFS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a topic – an issue – that for a long time has really, really bothered me... For too long a time. An embarrassingly long time....]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/__ffs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c196d1ac49dcc04fe752d1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5ebdb293d9cc481091b380aaab77160a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money Mindset  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up we didn't have much. Money I mean. My mum wove bandages by night in a factory and my dad worked at a scrap yard. We lived in a...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/money-mindset</link><guid isPermaLink="false">658f6667ac6b0115f04f0798</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d3c1a_b340541491e747959341ffe2eb07e472~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2023 What a fecking challenge...]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, after declaring 2022 'The year of Joy' and the universe making me work REALLY bloody hard for it, I was a reluctant to set any NYE...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/2023-what-a-fecking-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">656d945761b59ee7c6d43651</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 02:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_a859cf6ebc2e4b7bbcb85fdc1dc59023~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2022: The Year Of JOY.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we head rapidly towards the end of 2023; I'm finally ready to look back over the last couple of years. Not because I think I can make...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/2022-the-year-of-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628490a5fb26e1a4a6e340b5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:47:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64a6354f5981e78ef5e0d2605a8212c0.jpg/v1/fit/w_425,h_616,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and Space...]]></title><description><![CDATA[How are you? I'll bet you're fine. Good. Busy. Or all three. They're our standard responses after all. Maybe you're just scraping in at...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/time-and-space</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617f5c4cba0a3f0016ccf130</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:28:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_367cd9d02f1f411e9e87707d9cb5a4fa~mv2_d_2717_1811_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm A Bit of a Dick]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know how some people are just, like, lovely. And sweet and great to be around all the time? That's not me. Not even close. It's not...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/i-m-a-bit-of-a-dick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62072656094890213c661947</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:38:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5edbb586c0f54d1fac6c752375093431~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Re) Telling My Story ]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the longest time, I have felt like a failure. The kid who peaked during academia and then managed not to do anything useful with the...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/re-telling-my-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6035c43c93b8b600190bb512</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2021 08:09:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_230ad47ea67d43d7b3a9a1550a4903c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lockdown Learning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nope. Not a post about homeschooling. Or activities for kids. Despite the fact that if you follow me on Instagram you'll know I have a...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/lockdown-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f14efa0f8ad8a001766f9d6</guid><category><![CDATA[LIFESTYLE]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:21:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/349757f6ec5e450f88f625641e5055b1.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_333,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll tell you what I want...]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I want, what I really, really want, has changed over the years. When this little musical gem smashed its way into the charts in 1996...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/i-ll-tell-you-what-i-want</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e86e2a4335b65002d574820</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:39:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d3c1a_91eadca1a9b143408e9a8b4322bfe80e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_240,h_210,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fully Prep(ared)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 28th January 2020, Abel started Prep. Which is just Aussie for 'Reception' to all my friends in the UK. It may well have stood...]]></description><link>https://nikispivey.wixsite.com/wemustbemad/post/2020/02/13/fully-prepared</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e86e2a47e3de20017f9f2ce</guid><category><![CDATA[FAMILY]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:13:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6d3c1a_66eb08502b9e4b4abe3b360ea035c481~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_481,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Niki Spivey</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>