<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Alok Ray — Writing &amp; Reflection</title><description>A personal site. Essays, logs, notes, and collected things.</description><link>https://alokray.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>new_log</title><link>https://alokray.com/logs/new_log/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/logs/new_log/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When to Fight for Love — And When to Let It Go</title><link>https://alokray.com/writings/new/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/writings/new/</guid><description>I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to fight for love. We’re told it’s noble. Romantic. Necessary. But no one really tells us when to stop fighting.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On rereading</title><link>https://alokray.com/logs/on-rereading/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/logs/on-rereading/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On Paying Attention</title><link>https://alokray.com/writings/on-paying-attention/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/writings/on-paying-attention/</guid><description>What it means to truly attend to something, and what we lose when attention becomes fractured.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cold mornings</title><link>https://alokray.com/logs/cold-mornings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/logs/cold-mornings/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Virtue of Slow Work</title><link>https://alokray.com/writings/virtue-of-slow-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alokray.com/writings/virtue-of-slow-work/</guid><description>Against the idea that speed is always a virtue. Some things need to take the time they take.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>