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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 Feb 19, 2022
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
We are experiencing a collective trauma with the COVID-19 pandemic. I wonder if these trauma feelings are manifesting in people being short and unkind. Let’s talk about how this is showing up in real life.
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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 I was talking with a friend the other day and I was lamenting on how humanity can feel heavy. And I am so purposeful about surrounding myself with the very best of the best people and all the things and I’m that obnoxious person that has never woken up on the wrong side of the bed and really has good days every day.
But my eyes are wide open. I see stuff. Even if not in my inner circle we can’t help but see the discourse and the negative communication among adults in this country. It makes me sad. But more than that, I am trying to understand it and this is the question I am pondering right now:
Has our collective trauma made us unkind, less patient, more aggressive and the more time we find ourselves communicating behind a screen, I wonder if we gain some courage and say things we wouldn’t say if we were looking someone in the eye.
Let me explain.
I believe, like others, that as a global population, we are experiencing a collective trauma with the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a sliding scale in my opinion and we are all experiencing different levels of this trauma. No one emotion or experience is less valuable than the other.
I wonder if these trauma feelings are manifesting in people being short and unkind. There is less grace or assuming positive intent. There is less openness for your neighbors opinion.
Maybe we are all so exhausted from this collective trauma that we just don’t have the bandwidth or the care, compassion and patience we once had. It feels easier and frankly more acceptable to snap back at someone from behind a computer screen than to pick up the phone or think about positive intent before typing. So I’m wondering, how did we get here? And is there an end in sight? I don’t know? I don’t have any answers. But I am pondering these questions.
What I do know is that kindness matters. More now than ever before. I invite you to be a difference maker today. To be extra kind. To give someone a reason to think our humanity is worth fighting for. That’s all. Until next time, remember, Kindness is contagious.
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