Today I signed Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” pledge:

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And The Verdict Is?

I no longer have conflict. I’ve decided while writing this article that I will go back to Oprah.Com right now, and (Upgrade) to number 3.

“I will no longer make or take any calls and I won’t send or receive any texts, while driving.” Done!

So to all of my friends, family and others who will call or text while I’m driving . . . I say, “Leave a message at the sound of the beep and I will get back to you . . . I Promise . . . after I stop driving.”

Now I have a new dilemma. Since I care for you, my friends and family, and you all read my articles, here is my question.

Should I refuse to talk at length with you, if you are on a cell phone and driving, maybe transporting a loved one?

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“Yeah, I said it! And that’s what I thought you’d say. You know my feelings. Friends Let Friends Drive Safely. You need to be concentrating on driving. We’ll talk. When we’re not driving.

“Sooooo, What Are You Waiting For?”

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Go here to sign up for the No Phone Zone Pledge today. The life you save may be yours, or mine.

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Driving is serious business and it deserves our full attention. I read that our reaction time is 38% slower when we are using cellphones while driving.

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Hands-free or speaker, makes no difference. We’re still distracted and we’re still slow. Can we afford to take the chance that we won’t react in time?

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Below is the No Phone Zone Pledge. Go ahead, pick one. Then go to Oprah.Com . . . and roll with it.

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No Phone Zone Pledge

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• I pledge to make my car a No Phone Zone.

• Beginning right now,  I will do my part to help put an end to distracted driving by pledging the safest driving behavior I can commit to:
  

• I will not text while I am driving.

• I will not text while driving, and will use only hands-free calling if I need to speak on the phone while I am driving.

• I will not text or use my phone while I am driving. If I need to use my phone, I will pull over to the side of the road.

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Today I signed Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” pledge:
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“Home boy, I’m looking important!”

We all need to feel or “look” important at some time I guess, and I’m sure we’ve all faked the “important” call. You know the one. Point the index finger up and announce, “I’ve gotta get this.”

How important, really, was my last cell phone call, or text, while I was driving? It wasn’t worth endangering those around me by a long shot.

What Helped Make Up My Mind, to Change?

Here’s what happened yesterday, back to back.

I was standing on a street-corner waiting to cross and heard tires screeching. A cell-phone driver didn’t notice  traffic stopped in front of him and had to slam on the brakes.

Of the twelve cars that drove by me:

• Four people, 3 male and 1 female, were talking
  
• Couldn’t see anyone texting

Then as I drove home a woman in a pretty big SUV swerved, braked, corrected and drove on. All in front of me. She eventually pulled into the left lane to turn into the school’s driveway, and of course, she was on the phone. Hmmm.

On the highway, I noticed quite a few drivers engaged in conversation. Hmmmmmm.

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At home I seldom watch the news, but it was on as I passed through the family room. The first story was about a cell-phone-caused accident where two people died, but not the person who hit them while texting.

Again . . . Hmmmmmmm . . . Was that three strikes or four?

So now my challenge is, after much consideration while writing this article, should I “step up to the plate” and sign No Phone Zone Pledge Option 3? “No Calling or Texting While Driving . . . Period.”

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My Pro’s: Why I will sign it

• I don’t mind pulling off the road, where I won’t look as important, to talk
  

• People who need my immediate attention can leave a message
  

• I might save a life

• I prefer not to endanger others

My Con’s: Why I needed another option

• There may be an emergency

See Part 4 And The Verdict Is?
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See Part 2 No Phone Zone Pledge Option #2
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Today I signed Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” pledge:

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No Phone Zone Pledge, Option #2

I Signed the No Phone Zone Pledge option 2, where it reads; “I will not text while driving and will use only hands-free calling if I need to speak on the phone while I am driving.” I left myself a way out in case I just had to use the phone.

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My excuse was, “I may have an emergency or something.” “So not wanting to lie up front, to Oprah, you know what I mean, knowing I’d use the phone in case of an emergency . . . I didn’t go with number three.” (”italics” are comments made by cell-phone drivers)

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Why Didn’t I Just Go cold turkey with, No Calls or Texting at all, while driving? Many reasons, none of which are valid.

However, in the last two weeks I have not made one phone call while driving, and only accepted one call out of habit. Even then I remembered, answering that call was a no-no. It won’t happen again.

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Ahhhh, The Good Ole’ 70s

Look At Me, Man!

Initially cell phones and car phones were unaffordable to most of us. They were huge, heavy, inconvenient and fashionable. And you know, if you were there, we were into our fashion. Looking back, it was straight comedy the way we dressed but hey, we were having fun!

One summer day in ‘76 a partner from work drove up to my home, blocked the driveway, blew his horn and signaled for me to come out. As I walked up to his car, I noticed he was very animated, gesturing and talking loudly on a phone.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

First, it wasn’t a cell phone. It was a residential phone, cord and everything. Secondly, it was an AT & T Trimline phone . . . pink. Some of us remember those phones. Ma Bell’s contribution to the home fashion industry was to add multiple color choices. But my boy chose pink? C’mon man, if you’re reading this, you could have held out for another color. Black, beige or something!

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What the Heck?

He was a funny brother! I had to ask, “Man, what are you doing now? You’re always clowning.” His reasoning for having attached a Trimline phone to his console was revealing. His answer was simply, “Homeboy, I’m lookin’ important.”

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Click here for access to an in-depth chart of various state’s cell phone and text messaging bans.

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See Part 3 “Home boy, I’m looking important!”

See Part 1 Will You Sign It?

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Today I signed Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” pledge:

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What Took Me So Long?

I don’t have a clue why I hesitated, after-all it’s something I’ve thought about doing for a long time.

“Oprah ain’t the only one who thought of this,” I was told by a young lady in line at the store. “I’ve been thinking about stopping too.”

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Thinking isn’t Doing

For many years, friends, family and I, have debated the reasons why we feel it is imperative to:

• immediately make or accept a cell phone call while driving
  

• accept/read/write and send a text while driving

• conduct business on a cell phone while driving
  

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I readily admit I’ve:

• crossed center lines that make a racket
  
• veered into oncoming lanes, slightly…
  
• driven off the right side of the road, somewhat…
  

Knowing what I know now, I have been extremely lucky that I didn’t hurt anyone else or myself. I’d like to feel it’s because, “I’ve got skills,” but it’s not. It’s foolish of me to feel I’m that good of a driver. Reaction time is critical and any distraction can become deadly in an instant.

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Yeah, I’ll Participate in the “No Phone Zone” Pledge But . . .

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(”italics” below are comments made to me by cell-phone drivers)

The first time I heard about the pledge, I knew immediately that I’d participate in the idea of the program, but, “I’m not necessarily gonna sign up, you know, specifically and all, for the program.”

After all, “I don’t have to prove anything to anybody else. I’ll just stop talking and texting while driving.”

I was really going to Quit – quit,“ to paraphrase, “but I thought I would “bend the rules slightly to add what I thought should have been a fourth option.”

“Personally, I thought Oprah could have given us a fourth option, where we could keep driving under certain circumstances, like emergencies, but keeping it real, she’s Oprah and I’m not.”

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See: No Phone Zone Pledge Option #2

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Baby Boomers, when it comes to our health, some of us are suffering from an inflated ego.

If you have reached the qualifying age, I strongly recommend you a sign up for an AARP™ membership.

AARP sent applications for about five years before I was eligible and I took it as an insult. I remember thinking, “I’m not THAT old!” You know … the Boomer thing; 50 being the new 30, and so on.

One friend (you know who you are Coop) still refuses to join and he is 69 years old now. In his mind, he’s STILL not THAT old.

I strongly recommend we shelve our ego and sign up for  the membership. I’ve learned a lot from AARP and thoroughly support the cause.

For instance, the winter issue of ‘Strive For Healthy Living’ mentions that:

• March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• April is Foot Health Awareness Month
• May is National Arthritis Month

I for one had no clue until I read the articles. My next article will be an in-depth report on Colorectal Cancer, or Colon Cancer for short.

So, if you have not already looked into the benefits of joining AARP, give it a good going over. I think you’ll like what you see. It provides the best value for $12.50 that I’ve ever invested in.

Hope this information helps. If it does pass it on to someone you care about who could use it.

Till Next Time, To Your Good Health and Success … Live Well,

CK Dillon

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This article is a bit different, not about liquid vitamins, GBG, home-based business or network marketing, but it is pertinent to taking care of health.

Only today we will be taking care of someone else’ health.

Are you constantly finding yourself stressed out with the trials and challenges of just living life?

Speaking of stress, do you have any one person that you care for, or several, and if so, does your stress carry over into their lives, causing them a level of discomfort?

I have a favorite saying, “Life gets in the way of Living.”

I have a question. Have you provided something as simple as your Will in case you meet an unfortunate circumstance. Yeah I know, people would rather avoid this uncomfortable conversation.

The reason I ask and how I tie this into a Health article is this: No matter

how hard we work at taking care of our health, things happen.

I wrote an article a year or so ago that was well received so I thought I would

revisit the premise, with a slightly different twist.

Stress is one of the most pervasive causes of illness and even death in the United States today. It comes in all forms.

If you have an early departure from the planet for any reason and you have not taken care of something as simple as your Will … imagine the stress you will cause your loved one(s).

Thing is, this happens all the time. I’ve seen it time and again.

I guess the moral is this. One of our last acts should be to look out for our loved ones and concern ourselves with reducing their stress level when they are already mourning our departure.

Invest some time and complete at least a Simple Will. Get your affairs in order, as they say.

I’m sure you’d much rather know your loved one is taken care of and left to deal with a minimum amount of hassle.

By the way, if you don’t have a Will, the good ole’ government has a Will in place for you.

The government WILL be more than happy to take control of your finances, or your children, even if you left relatives behind and assumed they would automatically gain control.

Imagine the stress that a government intervention would cause your child or mom or grandmother if suddenly they were thrust into the fray.

On a final note, there are websites that give good Will, so to speak. Just type Will Preparation, Last Will and Testament or something like that in the search engine of your choice.

Ok, that’s it for today. Let’s look out for our loved ones. It’s just the right

thing to do.

Thanks for reading. Hope you are having a very prosperous life.

Till Next Time,

To Good Health and Success, Live Well

CK Dillon

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