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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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Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Saturday Jan 15, 2022
Bad days happen, but what can we do to boost those blues and pivot toward happiness. In this 2-part series we’ll give you tons of ideas.
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 we are jam packed with tips to beat those blues. Wow, yesterday was so good, right? I mean, I felt like I learned so much and I just love when we ask questions, people deliver.
Speaking of delivering, let’s jump right in. My friend Karsta has a 1-minute self care moment. It’s 3 deep breaths (eyes closed) when you open, find 5 things you can see (that are beautiful to you), 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can feel/touch, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. She says it just snaps you out of the funk.
She also says that if she knows it’s about to be one of those days, she has a little visualization practice that she does where she pictures herself inside a warm pink bubble. She says it’s almost like a shield where she doesn’t allow her mood to leak onto others or for someone else’s nonsense to make her even crankier. I love this idea.
Oh my gosh, my friend Laura loves an acronym and she’s shared 2 great ones with me. She has 10 go to coping mechanisms for bad moods or when she’s feeling what she calls RID - R-I-D (restless, irritable, discontent) or HALT - H-A-L-T (hungry, angry/anxious, lonely, tired) . Here is her list:
- Exercise
- Read
- Make a gratitude list
- Meditate or breathe
- Do something thoughtful for someone else
- Eat a snack
- Power nap
- Pet my kitties or bunny
- Fix my hair
- Put on lipstick
What if you made your own list, can you imagine the empowerment you could have over your own bad day.
I saw an article in Greatist that gave a bunch of ideas, the article is linked in the show notes. It has ideas like light a candle, count your blessings, hangout with a pet, achieve a goal, meditate, laugh, declutter something. There are a ton more ideas in the article to get you thinking about what would work perfectly for you.
I invite you to make a list of a few things that you could do that would work for you, to flip the switch when you find yourself in a bad mood. We’ve all been there. And frankly, we’ll be there again, but maybe next time, you’ll have a way to reduce that mood and move on more quickly.
Let me know your ideas, we could all use a few more. Do a IG story and tag us or send us a DM, @everydayhappinesswithkatie.
Reference: 34 Ways to Bust a Bad Mood in 10 Minutes or Less
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