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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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Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Part two of our Intentional Margins® pillars is a deeper dive into examples of how you might establish your own pillars.
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 yesterday we talked about creating 4 pillars, like buckets, categories for where we think our Intentional Margins® fall. Today, I wanted to go a little deeper into those pillars with some examples to help you sort out how this would work for you.
I am going to share 4 pillars as a guide. First, connection with your community. Second Family time both individually and together. Third Health and Finally Work.
Let’s dive in. The community pillar could look like coffee or a happy hour, or attending a larger gathering like a conference. For me, it could be the weekly coffee chat in my membership community.
Family time can look like family game night, something we all enjoy and do together. It can also look like one on one time with each of my family members doing something they enjoy.
Health can be tricky right and there are so many ways to go about it. Perhaps it’s movement. This could look like time walking in nature to prioritize my physical health and mental well being. It could also be conscious healthy eating - being mindful of what we put into our bodies. Or maybe it’s a renewed commitment to taking those daily vitamins.
For work, that is purposeful and fulfilling it can look like head down on a project. Perhaps it’s finishing something or writing a book. For me, it’s launching kindness cards - a new product line and store this quarter.
So, as you can see with these 4 pillars, and you can make up your own, there are 2 very similar ones, connection with other people. Connection is a value that brings me increased happiness, so it is a very high priority for me. For you, maybe one pillar is enough in the connection space.
We also have health and work. Work could easily be a hobby for you. I kept in the businessy one because sometimes, when you are doing something new, or you have a big thing going on, it takes priority and that’s ok. This is a season. And some seasons look like more work. Now how the time gets allotted is a different question, it’s not all equal.
Are you with me? Do you see where we are going with this? If we wake up in the morning and look at our to-do list and our email, which is just another to-do list and start reacting to the day, we haven’t done ourselves any favors. We haven’t prioritized our pillars.
In this example, kindness cards get the bulk of the day when the children are at school. And because I make it a priority for the day, I am unavailable for the less urgent tasks - they wait.
Health shows up in a 30 minute walk 5 times a week. We’ll do family game night on Friday night at 6:00 pm so I can feel connected with my family. Saturday morning I’ll sneak out for an hour to have coffee with a friend. The remaining weekend I will devote myself to tasks around the house that set me up for a successful week, that looks like laundry for me.
The weekend is also time to be with my family as we run to and from activities or play outside. Sometimes my husband and I run errands together, it’s so much more fun with a partner in crime. So I enjoy that time when he accompanies me.
This is one example to identify pillars and see how they show up on your calendar. I would guess if connection is a pillar and you’ve been head down in your office for 3 days straight, you are going to start to feel out of balance. It’s a process and I invite you to experiment with it exactly the way that fits your life.
Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious.
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