<?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[Pete Vanderpool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Engineer turned mall Santa turned storyteller. I write about the golden spike hiding in every life including mine. Let's find yours.]]></description><link>https://www.petevanderpool.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:22:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.petevanderpool.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Your Life Story: Finding Your Golden Spike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think of it as a railroad, not a blank page I've spent years teaching a framework I call On the Right Track. It starts with a picture instead of a rule. Every day brings a lot of small, forgettable data — that's the gravel, the bed a railroad track sits on. On top of the gravel are the ties: the big moments you actually remember because of the emotion attached to them. The gravel and the ties together support two rails — one is your human journey, and the other is your spiritual journey,...]]></description><link>https://www.petevanderpool.com/post/how-to-write-your-life-story-even-if-you-don-t-know-where-to-start</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa40d97571318e8c9e474e9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:02:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Pete Vanderpool</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>