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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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Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
This is so fun, I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this before. Wait until you hear how the 22 for 2022 list works.
Transcript:
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 in early December I listened to a podcast from Gretchen Rubin about her 22 in 2022. In fact, she’s been doing what she calls “aims” for years, 21 in 2021 and so on. And I just thought it was such a great idea, I wanted to share it with you quick.
The idea is that you write down 22 things you want to accomplish in 2022. These are things you can look back at the past year and say yes or no to accomplishing them.
I’ll share some of the things on my list, to help inspire you. One thing is the “album of now” that you can learn about in episode 203. I am totally doing this.
Some other things, that are not so glamorous are:
- Get my Real-ID
- Organize my closet
- Walk around my house and video everything while narrating for insurance - in case of emergency
- Complete the children’s baby books.
- Download all of my iCloud photos and organize them by year (setting the bar low)
- Review yearly photos and label and organize further (an extension but another achievable task to break down this massive project I have)
- Create photo albums of past years on a photo sharing site
- Compile all of our iPhone videos to create a digest of the children’s lives.
Really all of these photo related topics are because we have so much media, I’m obsessed with creating photos and video and it’s not really organized well and I just hate the idea of going into another year with no organization around the things that are most important to me.
And I have some health goals that I want to make sure I am focusing on in 2022
- Drink ½ my bodyweight in water daily and track in my habit app
- Do at least 50 push-ups a day and track in my habit app
- Consume my vitamins daily and track in my habit app
What I was finding is that I believe these are all important, but I just lost focus and the habits slipped. So I want to be incredibly mindful and intentional this year, in 2022.
I may add a focus to walk a certain amount each week as well. Daily is hard for me, but weekly, maybe I can do that.
Of course I have some business aims too, they include
- Create and offer Everyday Happiness Merch
- Open the membership community to new members
This has been a great exercise to identify what I want to aim for in 2022. I’d be curious if you plan to do something like this, or if you already have. We’re over @everydayhappinesswithkatie
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