Welcome to My Blog!

Update: CCIE #62941 right here!  I passed the lab in Richardson on August 27, 2019.

Hi!  I'm Nick, and this is my CCIE(RS) blog.  This is a (mostly) non-technical blog that I am using to do two things:

1. Document my CCIE journey for myself and anyone who may be interested to see what it took for someone else to get their CCIE (I am going to get my CCIE!)
2. Provide tips and tutorials to enable other CCIE-hopefuls to follow in my footsteps.  Some of those will be a little technical, but most will focus on planning/scheduling/tools.

I have labeled my posts to make it easier to get to information that you may be interested in.

Regular Update = nearly daily updates on what I was up to on any particular day
   Note about "Pet Lilly" and "Pet Willow" - I have a strict "pet/play with cats until they are tired of me" policy.  This tracks the number of minutes that they interrupted study time :)

Monthly Update = Anki screen shot for the month, and link to my progress tracking spreadsheet

Methods = Posts meant to help out other aspiring CCIEs, or to give a more detailed look at what I am doing for anyone that is interested

Method Post Links:

Method Post - Using Anki For CCIE Preparation

Re: Please Share Your Anki Decks With Me.. (More Information on Creating Anki Cards)

Method Post - Progress Tracking

Method Post - Using EVE-NG for INE ATC Labs

EVE-NG Lab Links:

MPLS/L3VPN Lab

Maybe Some Public Pressure Will Help

First blog post in ever!
I have been at this since August but I figured I would start a blog to track my progress and hopefully keep me motivated.  I'll just try to keep regular updates on here as far as what I have been working on and what my methods have been.  For now, I'll just throw this blog up and start keeping a regular journal of sorts.  Slowly I will add in some "core posts" of my overall methodology/master plan, and figure out how to sticky them to the top.