<?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[ThoughtSphere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thoughtsphere]]></description><link>https://www.julianneblog.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:35:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.julianneblog.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Walkable Cities: Where a Car is a Choice]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently listening to a ted talk by Jeff Speck and he stated that there are only four necessities to make a city walkable. Comfort, reason, safety, and interest. And when I think back about my trip to Japan last summer, I realized that a lot of these concepts are present. In Japan, walking was my first choice, but in the suburbs of the United States it's not even an option.  Comfort:  Taken from my trip to Japan Everything is near anything, and that makes the walk from hotel, to mall,...]]></description><link>https://www.julianneblog.com/post/walkable-cities-where-a-car-is-a-choice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a15114df3bc0136e51c6159</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 03:25:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f8c6f9_16c7860f91784bbc8e67a5c5991a9a62~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julianne Wu</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Benefits of Carbon Capture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer air, cicadas buzzing, hot stones, a thousand rolly pollies. I sit outside my cousin's driveway, the tip of my finger gently poking the shell of an armadillidiidae, its antennae flare, body retracting to shell in the split of a second. Small and curious, my five-year-old eyes wonder; it’s as if a mini hurricane spins through the bug with each rotation, rolling, rolling, boom, as it hits the garage door. Laying down on the heated concrete, watching the bug climb back up, knocking it down...]]></description><link>https://www.julianneblog.com/post/boost-productivity-techniques-for-time-management</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e585c3a96d49e56ec4028d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:47:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f8c6f9_1d4b925fbd2e40deb158093aaecb8e18~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Julianne Wu</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>