{"id":20,"date":"2025-01-02T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharpaxe.us\/wp\/?p=20"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:36:06","slug":"getting-the-ball-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharpaxe.us\/wp\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Getting The Ball Rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 2, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made some progress today toward making some progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally made an account on <strong>Microsoft Learn<\/strong> today. 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