Are You a Slave to Every Beep
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Push Back the Need to React
David Webber, AKA davesacre online, pronounced: dāvz’ā’kər or “dave’s acre” has some sage advice over on his blog about being or Becoming 24/7 Overwhelmed by Interruptions. As we all think about all the things we want to do in the upcoming decade, we must be careful that all of the grand tools of today don’t get in the way.
Sometimes We Don’t Realize
Sometimes we may not realize just how much time we spend on these “Interruptions” here are a couple of paragraphs from Dave’s post’
I started realizing how many interruptions I was having throughout my day and how much stress it was causing me by pushing things around and stopping/starting work back up. Realizing all of this started me on a path to look deeper into how I was running my company, how I was leading my team at church, and ultimately how I was spending time (or wasn’t) with my family.
The interesting thing about all of this was that I didn’t realize how much time I was actually spending “away” from my family because I was usually in the same room or at least in a room near them almost all the time. Once I noticed that I wasn’t actually spending time with my family, it really hit me harder that I needed to make some changes in my life if I was going to be a better husband and father.
You can read Dave’s entire post Changing the Inputs here, and may want to follow further writings and postings. You can follow davesacre on twitter here,
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Non-motorized transportation plan in Royal Oak
Posted by Eric Brown | Filed under Apartments Birmingham MI, Apartments Clawson MI, Apartments Ferndale MI, Urbane, UrbaneApts
This is an update about the effort to create a non-motorized transportation plan in Royal Oak.
As noted previously, the city commission has approved the budget item and selected a consultant. The planning will likely being in January. I’ll send an update the instant anything is scheduled.
A group of us will attend the next city commission meeting on Monday, November 9th, 7:30 pm at Royal Oak City Hall, 211 S. Williams, Room 315, Royal Oak MI 48067.
We will urge the city commission to consider a “road diet” for Crooks Blvd. For the past several months Crooks, normally four lanes, was reduced to two lanes while it was re-paved. A lot of people noticed that despite being reduced to two lanes there were no major traffic backups, even during rush hour. This is hard evidence that a “road diet” would work on Crooks. A “road diet” means reducing Crooks to three lanes (one lane going each way, with a middle turning lane) and bike paths on each side, similar to what Ferndale accomplished with Hilton.
In addition, it is very likely that Royal Oak Schools will reduce or eliminate school bussing to cope with a $3 million budget cut. Crooks leads to both Royal Oak High School and Royal Oak Middle School, and making it safe for bicyclists would be a boon for students.
We will point this out to the city commission Monday, please join us if you are able.
Tom Regan
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Does Google know too much about us?
Posted by Eric Brown | Filed under Apartments Birmingham MI, Apartments Clawson MI, Apartments Ferndale MI, Royal Oak, Royal Oak MI
Use Google a lot, here is a helpful video on the new Google Dashboard, Let us know your thoughts, Does Google know too much about us now?
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