Hey Friends,
I’ve got just 3 fun facts for you today and a longer quote than usual. I hope you have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Fun Fact 1:
In 2024, the top 5 U-Haul growth states were South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, Florida & Tennessee. The bottom 5 were California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania. Colorado was not far behind.
Source: U-Haul
Fun Fact 2:
Last year, the national median sale price increased 6.4% year over year. Dark blue is 2024.
Source: Redfin(.)com
Fun Fact 3:
Last year, national homebuyer housing payments increased 8.1% year over year. Dark blue is 2024.
Source: Redfin(.)com
Quote I’m pondering:
“Our world has become hardwired to give us more of what we pay attention to. In the last few years this trend has rapidly accelerated. Every time we look at a screen, even if we are just mindlessly scrolling– artificial intelligence is watching what we pay attention to. More than watching, it is studying. More than studying, it is obsessively measuring, training itself, getting better— at giving us more. More of what we pay attention to. It doesn’t care about our weaknesses, our insecurities, our blindspots, our biases, our addictions. It doesn’t want us to be better people in 2024 than in 2023. Admittedly, it doesn’t want us to be worse either. It only wants one thing: our attention.
So at the beginning of this new year, as we make plans to control our calories, our drinking, our smoking, our exercise, our generosity, our meditation -perhaps we should begin by controlling what we pay attention to. Because what you pay attention to-expands. In 2024 you will be shown much more of what you choose to look at. So choose carefully. And if at any point you become conscious that you are not the one choosing- pause. Perhaps the most powerful choice you have left is to turn off the screen.” — Brandon Stanton, Creator of @humansofny
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