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Do you feel overwhelmed with your todo list? Is "creating fulfilling happiness" missing from that list? Everyday Happiness with Katie Jefcoat is here to help you. In 2-minutes a day, over time, you’ll discover how to reduce overwhelm and create lasting happiness through Katie’s signature method of Intentional Margins, happiness science, and musings about life. Start your day with a positive mindset. Many of us can get deep in the feeling of overwhelm. The anxiety of our own ambition can weigh heavily on our thoughts and emotions. We lay down and close our eyes at night and our chest begins to feel heavy. More items on the to-do list than the day before. How will we ever going to get off the hamster wheel of to-dos? When are we going to start living life for more than the hustle? As a recovering lawyer and passion driven entrepreneur, Katie knew something had to change. What she found is that you can have harmony, be intentionally productive and create massive impact, all at the same time - without feeling guilty. So she asked herself a simple question: "How can I get off the hamster wheel and how can I show others how to do the same? She knew she'd had a system for herself, but she’d never put it into defining words. On August 15, 2019, she sat down at her dining room table with her friend Jenna (her business bestie). Post-It notes covering the table. This is where she first defined the concept of Intentional Margins. What are Intentional Margins? INTENTIONAL MARGINS™ (n): A buffer of space and time to create harmony between your to-do’s and your priorities. Now you can get the support you need to manage your overwhelm, one little tip at a time. Regardless of the industry, Everyday Happiness blends inspiration with a pragmatic approach to finding Harmony. You'll be encouraged to throw “balance” out the window for a more achievable approach called harmony. Through Intentional Margins™, you'll be encouraged to develop what harmony means to you, by identifying your priorities at work and at home. Every day, we'll end the podcast help you feel equipped to jump off the hamster wheel of overwhelm and go out there and crush your day. --About the Host-- Katie Jefcoat is a community curator, speaker, author and motivator who supports ambitious women (and a few good men) move from feeling hectic to harmonious. As a recovering trial lawyer, she knows first hand what it feels like to have a demanding job. As an entrepreneur with a passion that lights her hair on fire and a busy family she’s in the thick of it with you. Many people strive for balance and think overwhelm is just a part of life. Sadly, the hustle culture and our never-ending to-do list is creating a life where our priorities are getting the leftover scraps of time. Katie introduces people to what she calls - Intentional Margins™ - a kind of life in which they reduce randomness, create harmony between their to-dos and their priorities and intentionally enjoy the meaningful parts of life - without feeling guilty. Without exposure to a different way, we remain stuck on the hamster wheel of to-dos and never find the “balance” we yearn for. Katie works diligently to expose her community to different ways of doing things, because she fundamentally believes we deserve to make time for our priorities. We deserve to live a life of harmony. And it’s within our control to create it. Katie curates a smorgasbord of content related to managing your calendar, handling overwhelm, setting boundaries, reducing randomness, saying no, self-care, the power of your choices, and more in her Intentional Margins™ Membership Community -- which she calls the coziest virtual coffee shop (on Facebook). Connect and learn more at www.katiejefcoat.com.
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Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Accountability check-in. This episode I share how the “in the moment” self experiment is going.
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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.
I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and it’s time to check in. Today is our “being present in the moment” check-in, yay for accountability.
This past week, when picking up my son from school, I turned off the radio and really focused on what he’s saying. A few days ago, we had to sit and wait a bit in the car after school before another appointment and he dug out a picture he drew in free time and shared every detail with me. And the old me may have rushed him a bit, but I didn’t and I savored the moment and his little voice, so excited to tell me all the details. I really got to enjoy that moment and it made me happy.
Also, I realized that sometimes my head is in the clouds and I am totally on auto-pilot. I was in the grocery store the other day and I had a small carry basket, so not a big cart and walked right up to the self checkout register and put my stuff down as someone was leaving right before me, not realizing that there was a long, socially distanced, line just off to my right, down the produce isle. I had completely missed the que, and the nice man that was next was like, kindly told me that “there’s a line” and I was so embarrassed. Of course I apologized and took my basket to the end of the line, but I just wasn’t paying attention. And I wasn’t distracted by something else either, I just wasn’t paying attention.
This was a good reminder that we are often on auto-pilot and frankly, we can look back at our days and wonder what we did all day? Total auto-pilot, which this experiment is helping me to recognize and snap out of. Do you ever feel like your day is on auto-pilot? Let’s connect on social, I’m over @everydayhappinesswithkatie
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