A few economic truisms:
Anything worthwhile requires time and effort.
Putting in time and effort is hard, but it gives you experience.
Learning from your experiences is difficult, but can lead to expertise.
Applying expertise over time is not easy, but can lead to rewards.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels that you are afraid of him. And perhaps if he believed you are capable of loving him he would no longer be your enemy. -Thomas Merton, monk, writer (31 Jan 1915-1968)
PROJECT STATUS
• Traffic on Dunlap Avenue will shift in December 2022 for track and roadway installation at 25th and Dunlap avenues. Traffic will remain restricted to one lane in each direction outside of the future light rail guideway (where the train tracks are located).
• Utility relocations in the project corridor will be completed by January 2023. • Trackwork and station construction will continue through spring 2023.
• Bridge construction on 25th Avenue over the Arizona Canal and Diversion Channel is complete; 25th Avenue road, rail and station work will continue through spring 2023.
• Interstate 17 light rail bridges work, which includes track and station infrastructure, will continue through 2023.
• Coordination and collaboration continues with local area community groups, business owners and residents.
NEXT STEPS
• Overhead Catenary System (OCS) poles and wiring construction will continue through spring 2023.
• Trackwork is estimated to be completed in February 2023.
• Station construction is estimated to be completed in spring 2023.
• Construction of the light rail bridges over I-17 will continue into 2023. Expect overnight freeway restrictions in this area through spring 2023. No additional full freeway closures are expected
The Ten Year Rule: Change Your Life Every Decade
Why the greatest obstacle to success is success.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (29 Jan 1927-1989)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. -William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. -William Congreve, dramatist (24 Jan 1670-1729)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. -Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter (19 Jan 1943-1970)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Little Strokes, Fell great oaks. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (17 Jan 1706-1790)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968)What's the #1 thing to change to be happier? A top happiness researcher weighs in
tl;dr
SHAPIRO: Well, life is obviously very complicated, and your research goes into great detail across a wide range of variables. And given all of that, I was really surprised at how uncomplicated the answer to this central question is. So let's reveal. If people could change one thing in their lives to be happier, what should they choose, according to the data?
WALDINGER: They should invest in their relationships with other people. We found that the strongest predictors of who not just stayed happy but who was healthy as they went through life - the strongest predictors were the warmth and the quality of their relationships with other people.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi and professor (11 Jan 1907-1972)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate. -J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)A.Word.A.Day
with Anu GargA THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. -Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4 Jan 1883-1969)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. -Ouida [pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramee], novelist (1 Jan 1839-1908)A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (2 Jan 1920-1992)
