What My PMP Journey Taught Me (So You Don’t Have to Learn It the Hard Way) The path I took to earning my PMP was anything but direct or quick. It was winding, demanding, and at times exhausting. I wasn’t just studying for it for, but I was juggling life, work, expectations, and the constant […]
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Why My Electricity Bill Went Up Even After I Added Solar (and Cut Usage Everywhere)
When I installed solar panels on my garage roof 3-years ago, I expected my electricity bill to drop. That expectation was not that it would reach zero dollars, but that it would be at least noticeably lower. I didn’t “set it and forget it” either after installing the 13 solar panels as I clean them […]
Personal: Am I Pragmatic? Am I a Pragmatist?
I remember during a job interview for Santex‑net (now SantexGroup) back in late 2007, before the birth of the modern smartphone. During the interview the owner paused, and asked me a deceptively simple question that made me pause and think. I remember thinking, I know what that word means… I think I do, but maybe […]
Checking on the Progress of my Gregory Scott Wall Blog Prolificacy
When I wrote “Why I Started Blogging Prolifically, Gregory Scott Wall”, I was standing at the starting gate with external motivations and a very specific problem to solve. Searching my own name on Google and Bing had become a frustrating experience for me. The internet had confidently decided that some other Gregory Scott Wall deserved […]
Re‑Rating My First 100 Roller Coasters
New Scale, New Perspective, and a New Top 10 When I originally ranked my first 100 roller coasters, I was still early in my coaster journey creating my coast credit list. My opinions were honest to my previous experiences, but they were shaped by not having an objective format, fewer written reference points were included, […]