Episode 226 In Which I Have a Pressing Station 9-24-24

Lookie what I made! Here’s my new pressing station—a basic portable folding table with adjustable height legs topped with a padded sheet of plywood. I described how I made it in the episode, but I was basing mine on several different Youtube and blog tutorials of variations of the idea. (Pardon the overflowing trash can! That’ll get emptied soon, I promise.)

Just for kicks n’ giggles, here’s my Accuquilt “station” (although I’m not sure it can rightly be called a station since it’s not a self-contained unit with all the dies right at hand). My embroidery supplies now live beneath it.

I also mention in the episode that I was working on a heart block. Here she is. Very basic, easy pattern. The background fabric was provided but we pulled our own scraps—one set was to be reds (which I chose to do), and the other is multicolored, if I recall. I only took one block to do since I knew I was traveling quite a bit. Most people are making two.

Episode 181 In Which I Get Reorganized 4-19-15

In this episode, I talk about my work road trip and why I didn't have a whole-lotta quilty goin' on, but how I'm setting myself up for more success (and less stress) in the future. There's also the first half of a backlog of listener feedback!

In this episode:

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen. (Also good as an audiobook.)

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Lifetopix App (this link goes to ITunes description--if you're another platform, just check Google.)

For more information on David Allen's GTD system, you can also visit his website at gettingthingsdone.com

An interesting, but very fast/surface "energy profile" based on Loehr and Schwartz' work can be found at www.performanceprograms.com. However, you need to be familiar with their work to understand what the categories mean. I really do highly recommend their book!