Who is Nick?

Asking all my life.

Author: Nick Kempinski

  • Weeknotes 2025-11-19

    Boom. I’m bona fide! Just got the results today that I passed the exam!

    I am an AIPMM Certified Product Manager.

    What does that mean now? At this moment, no clue.

    Tomorrow, it ties the room together. Maybe it can open doors. It says, yes, I have a diverse background in tech, marketing & business and, yes, I know a thing or two about building things.

    As for the rest of the stuff going on…

    Meh. It can wait.

    I’m going to celebrate this win for a moment.

  • Weeknotes 2025-11-06

    This is how I’ve been feeling lately. High high’s and low low’s.

    • Signed up to get the final AIPMM CPM exam. It’s been a while since I’ve been exam nervous. Now… do I even have a quiet place where no one can bug me for a couple hours???
    • Started reading ADHD 2.0
      • A few “oh I didn’t know that” moments.
      • A few, “sure… that’s logical” ones too.
      • Paid a bit more than I thought I would to know that I’m a Kolbe A Index 3-2-9-5.
        • I’ll punt that to “next” to figure it out. Though it feels a bit anticlimactic at the moment rather than the pitched “ah ha” insight.
    • Taking the low moments out on the garage.
      • We have a dump site of a garage. When in doubt, dump it there.
      • Rather than get into real low moments, I’m going to focus on making it a little needed tinker cave. I don’t “man” enough to call it one of those.
    • Oh look, I found a mac laying around. And it works? OK!
      • Barring all the fun ups and downs, debates and conversations… it’s kinda nice to be back on one.
      • Biggest win… oh the sound is sooooo nice again.

  • Weeknotes 2025-10-24

    • The Movember 2025 post is up and running. I’m thinking of other things I can do that are fun this year.
    • Did you know you could have been on Ritalin as a kid in the 80’s without a formal ADHD diagnosis? Just found out… who knew.
    • I am remembering how much I hate study notes. So important… but such a pain for me. Hence my ADHD exploration.
    • I’m not as talented a costume designer as my nephew, but considering what I pulled of for my son ain’t half bad.
      • Soooo much cardboard and tape.
      • No wonder the advertising algo’s have set their sight to get me to buy one of these. They almost got me

    That’s all I’ve got. Time for some more coffee ☕

    Happy Pumpkin Time 🎃

  • Movember 2025

    It’s that time of year! I do Movember every year for their support of mental health. I suggest and those i love suffer. And let’s be honest Men don’t speak up, and we should.

    I like to keep people on their toes and mix up the how to watch along. I try to not bombard with daily feeds, but I also think it’s fun to see the progress over time. This year, I’m using pixelfed.

    As always, please donate here.

  • Weeknotes 2025-10-15

    Turkey Weekend 🇨🇦🦃 has drained me so all you get for weeknotes today is a list:

    • revisit note system through obsidian for my adhd-ness – I’ve used daily template for years, but it’s not feeling right anymore. Time to change it up
    • Did some reading on L-theanine and ADHD and until I get any movement on re-diagnosis, though why not.
    • I’m also looking to improve my life pattern specifically trying to help ADHD patterns. Note: I fight patterns and routine on a good day – my ADHD abhors it… which makes things interesting. I’m already telling my Pomodoro timer to put that break in it’s tomato. And I’m only a few days in.
    • I wrapped up the final psychodamic of an orality culture. I think there’s a few I need to add clarity and revisit, but now what? If we are a postliterate oral culture, and everyone’s like “ya” then what? My comms background is consistently asking myself “why should anyone care?” And it’s a very valid question I still can’t successfully communicate.
    • Finished the class work on AIPMM CPM. Now it’s time to study up and get ready for the exam.

    See you next time ✌️.