White Lives Matter

Thanks to my PlayStation Plus subscription, the African episode of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag is now free as a stand alone.

The game is dated but I jumped into the Adéwalé character pretty fast and now I know why the following notice is posted on all their games.

Inspired by historical events and characters. This work of fiction was designed, developed and produced by a multicultural team of various religious faiths and beliefs.

Dear White People…run for your lives

It was pretty uncomfortable seeing Black slaves being abused, especially women being chased by White overseers.  The game gently takes you through ways of how to free slaves from Plantations and get your own ship.

Gives me a pretty good reason to Level up to slice and dice White people in the most brutal ways just for fun but I guess the game is on the edge of being politically incorrect.

The series has been running for 10 years.

It’s a London Fing

For the last 8 years, I’ve spent Christmas Day outside the UK.  And for very good reason, it’s cold, expensive,  super commercial and there has been very little personal reasons to be there on the day.

Of course, this year that all changed and I find myself considering a contemporary Family London Christmas dinner.  If I do it very well I can have the best of both words, City celebrations in London and Beach time in Florida.

Amazing what you actually do for Love but it’s keeping me buzzing and feeling great every day.

Today 30 mins cardio, no meds today, no aches, pains or infections

Climbing the Ladder of Accountability

Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) The Stylistics original in 1971 is up there amongst my most favourite ballads.  A colleague taught me about the Ladder of Accountability and it dawned on me how many areas of my life have seen me scale and slide down that very Ladder multiple times.

Living on past truimps leads me into a world of resentment and “Do you know who I am” territory.

For the longest time, I languished on Level 4 believing I was actually doing something when in reality I was wasting time and taking the blame.  Right now, I’m probably on Level 6.5 and happy to have documented enough stuff to realise truly what the reality is.

Responsible and Proactive

Level 8 - I Make it Happen
level 7 - I seek Solutions
Level 6 - I Own it
Level 5 - I acknowledge reality
Victim mentality - Reactive

Level 4 - I wait and Hope
Level 3 - I make Excuses
Level 2 - I blame and Complain
Level 1 - I'm unaware or in denial

“You’re alone all the time
Does it ever puzzle you
Have you asked why?”

Thomas Randolph Bell and Linda Diane Creed