<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pelushi Performance — Writing</title><description>Notes on mental strength, focus, and performance from Rei Pelushi.</description><link>https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>I had to go home twice</title><link>https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/i-had-to-go-home-twice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/i-had-to-go-home-twice/</guid><description>In 2017 I couldn&apos;t pay my tuition and went back to Albania. A year later it happened again. The second time nearly finished me — and it&apos;s the reason I do this work.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two salesmen, same rain</title><link>https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/two-salesmen-same-rain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/two-salesmen-same-rain/</guid><description>Same street, same weather, two completely different days. The gap between them isn&apos;t optimism — it&apos;s a habit you can train until your subconscious does it without asking you.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What do you truly want?</title><link>https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/what-do-you-truly-want/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pelushi-performance.pages.dev/writing/what-do-you-truly-want/</guid><description>Most of us are experts in what we don&apos;t want. Ask what we actually want and the room goes quiet — and that gap explains more about where you end up than almost anything else.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>