the archives

This is a tasty soup with a lot of ingredients. It’s got a bit of everything, and has some real treats that don’t fit anywhere else.

In this category I track my own progress in achieving goals and in learning. So why is it called Black Eyed Peas? Well, I need the heat and black eyed peas love the heat. I make detours, and black eyed peas probably originated in China and found their way along the Silk Route in the hands of traders into Africa, before shipping to the Europe and the Americas. And eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is thought to bring prosperity. They have all the elements I need for this category.

This category is about setting goals and keeping score. I have a love-hate relationship with goals, because I love what setting goals does for my focus and my achievements, but I hate to fail to meet them (and I do fail often).

Jelly beans are the sugary bits in the lot. They’re tasty and colourful and you eat them for fun. This posts in this category are just the same.

In some legends magical beans grow tall enough to reach the clouds. The stories you’ll find in this category are meant to show that you too can reach the clouds and be the hero of your own legend.

This category is a collection of bits of knowledge. Mame Chishiki is a Japanese expression, best translated as “bean knowledge”. It’s used to indicate any random trivia or miscellaneous knowledge. And that’s exactly what you’re going to find here. Random trivia and miscellaneous knowledge related to being an original.

In spilling beans I’ll be sharing lessons I’ve learned as … lessons I’ve learned. It’s about my experiences, insights and thoughts on topics that I feel have value for others. So I share them as lessons.

Beans that have sprouted have made the transition from a seed to a plant. Posts in this category are about growth, about turning a promise into reality and all the aspects that are associated with that process.