Hi

My name is Arjan Eikelenboom. I was born in Zevenhuizen, The Netherlands. A small town just outside of Rotterdam. I live in Amsterdam.

Looking back life for me has been a rollercoaster of different jobs like; waiting tables a at a large family restaurant just outside of Rotterdam back in the 80’s; an airline ticketing agent (calculating airplane tickets manually); and selling high quality cheeses. I eventually stepped into to the exciting industry of financial markets and became a private banker. Next to daily works I enjoy telling stories. I do this by making pictures and sometimes I write one. For fun. It brings me joy.

Banking

For many years I have looked after my client’s portfolio’s with great pleasure. Being a private banker wasn’t just about getting the best results for my clients. In many ways it was about mutual trust, loyalty and being responsible. ( The short story ‘A VINTAGE DREAM‘ is based on one of my banking experiences )

Solar Energy

In 2008, the year the financial crisis hit, I decided it was time to explore new horizons. I became interested in solar energy and found in it a new challenge. At the time, solar energy was a fairly young market but I saw the almost unlimited potential of it. I firmly believed, and still do, that everyone should have easy access to affordable energy. Clean energy. With solar energy we can take one of the possible steps towards this goal. I worked hard to reach and inspire as many people as I could to harness and consume their own, clean energy. My contribution for a better world. In 2014 I published my solar energy book.

Digital Assets – Blockchain – GAIMIN

Financial markets, GameFi, AI and renewables may be totally different disciplines. Yet they cannot grow and sustain without one another in this fast paced new economy. I have a strong inner drive to make our world a bit more awesome and I feel this is an exciting and joyful foundation to work from.

The year 2017 opened new doors for me; Blockchain Technology and Digital Assets. It was all trial and error with lots and lots of ‘cowboys’. It was also, and still is, an emerging market (again) with enormous potential. For everyone.

Did you know that there are still billions of people without access to a bank account (?!) Blockchain and digital assets, I truly believe, have the potential to play a significant role to make the changes necessary. I joined GAIMIN back in 2018 for this particular reason.

Walk of Light

Walking together, feel Joy together. In 2022 I created Walk of Light. For several years I was walking by myself every morning, for 2 or 3 hours. Sometimes even more. When I started my first walk, all I was capable of was a stroll of 20 minutes. COVID-19 literally almost took my breath away back in 2020. The recovery didn’t go well. I was bedridden for 6 months. Remarkable enough it was the Covid vaccination that gave me an energy boost. For the first time in 6 months I was able to walk to the coffee maker without being out of breath and exhausted for the rest of the day. No one knows how this was possible but I didn’t care. I seized this miraculous opportunity to push myself beyond my limits. This became a life changing journey.

On my early morning walks in Amsterdam I make pictures which I share with my friends on Facebook and other platforms. Some of them love the pictures so much that they want to come and join me on a walk. But unfortunately that’s not going to work for me. The reason is that I need to walk by myself, alone. The physical exercise and making pictures on the go helps me to heal. It gives me a sense of tranquility.

Let me explain. My brain got a huge hit from Covid. Since my infection in October 2020 I am struggling with severe bouts of depression, anxiety, memory loss, overstimulation and more. My morning walks are the best medicine for this, but only me and no one else.

So I thought, let me see how walking with a group would work for me, and others. For this I created the ‘Walk of Light’ Facebook page. That first walk was the beginning of many walks with old friends and new ones who happily joined and I met on these walks. It turned out that walking together for a few hours every once in a while is also healing. The joy I feel after each walk is kind of a medicine. Others feel the same. We make great memories together. You are very welcome to join us for a walk.