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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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Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Who would have thought? But, after this episode, I can see how this works and how we might be setting ourselves up for failure without even knowing it.
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 what seems to be universal in the happiness science, is that creating happiness is completely counterproductive to goal setting and productivity. Which has got me thinking a lot as we approach 2022. So many of us, me included are thinking of aspirations, intentions, goals, habits, successes we want to achieve in 2022.
With a goal, you focus on the goal and you achieve the goal.
The happiness science implies that you shouldn’t focus on one aspect of happiness at the exclusion of other parts of happiness.
Happiness is not linear. The simple definition is that happiness is 1) happy emotions, joy, contentment, love, positive emotions, and 2) satisfaction and purpose. Together, you get well-rounded, fulfilled happiness.
We need all of the aspects that I like to call the happiness wheel, like a pie chart, to achieve fulfilled happiness. It’s harmony, one aspect might be more critical at a certain time, it’s not equal devotion to each part, it’s recognizing that happiness is much bigger than one achievement and when we are in harmony, this yin and yang, we can uncover lasting fulfilled happiness.
Look, we’ve all been there. When I get this thing, when I get that raise, when I buy the house, I will *then* be happy. But what happens, hedonic adaptation happens and what we were waiting for comes and goes and we are back to baseline.
We need to temper our innate desire to create a goal setting approach to happiness. In happiness, you need it all, and where you spend your time is determinant of what needs the attention in this season of life. In other words, you need the entire wheel to roll into your personally designed happy and fulfilled life.
But don’t forget, unlike achievable goals, happiness is not a destination. Happiness is the process of creating a life that brings you the joy, purpose, satisfaction and fulfillment you desire. Only you know what you need. This podcast explores ways that can increase happiness, and you’ll know, if that is something for you - or not. This is your smorgausboard, take what you want and leave the rest.
Until next time.
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