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Working in a sewing room keeps your eyes and hands constantly occupied. I don't watch TV shows or movies because the distraction might mean an incorrect measurement or crooked sewing lines. For me, that means podcasts. Lots and lots of podcasts. Did you know there are over 30 million episodes on Apple Podcasts?  Some other podcast factoids I discovered:  49% of podcast listening is done at home. 22% while driving. People subscribe to an average of six podcast shows. Podcast listening via smartphones has increased 154% since 2014. In other words, the growing popularity of podcasts is, in large part, because of...

A new year and time for resolutions, right? Well, apparently, 80% of us failed to keep our resolutions before this month even started.  I'm no exception to that statistic. Unless the resolution is to eat more chocolate, I'd fail too, so that's why my list of resolutions looks like this:    Instead, January is a month to pause and reflect, to consider what I learned in the previous year. Has a particular color grown more popular? Less? Are elephants the new sloth? Is paisley back in style yet?!?!  I also spend time reflecting on new product ideas, almost entirely based...