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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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Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Can You Say Epicureanism? This philosophy of happiness may have a big name, but the concept is simple and effective. Learn more about how you can adopt this idea in your life to improve your happiness in this post.
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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 today we are taking it back a couple of thousand years by talking about Epicureanism. Epicureanism is the theory of Epicurus, a Greek philosopher who lived between 341 BC and 270 BC. He believed that happiness was and should be the ultimate pursuit in life.
Now, you may be thinking, "Oh, that's where the word Epicure came from?" For those of us, myself included, who don't know that word off the top of our heads, it means to take excessive pleasure in actions like eating and drinking. Actually, this word was mistranslated and is far from Epicurus's theory.
Essentially, Epicureanism is the belief that the factors of happiness are derived from tranquility, freedom from fear, and the absence of bodily pain and that true happiness could be obtained through knowledge, friendship, the limitation of excessive desires, and living a virtuous life.
So, what does this translate to in modern life? While we can't avoid all pain, and it's likely we will indulge in eating that second brownie every now and then, we can take it to heart and shape it into our lives to increase our happiness.
A few examples would be:
- Gaining knowledge to prevent the anxiety of the unknown.
- Practicing minimalism and focusing less on materialistic desires.
- Choosing experiences over things to spend our hard-earned money on.
- Focusing on the positive and what variables are within our control.
- And taking action to pursue and value friendship.
Does this sound familiar? It is because I have talked about it before in previous episodes, just without the fancy theory title. If the concepts of happiness haven't changed much in the past couple of thousands of years, there is obviously a core truth here for us to take in, and I hope you will.
Plus, if you are interested in learning more about this ancient philosopher, I dropped a resource in the show notes for you. He was a fascinating dude with some big ideas!
Learn more here:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epicurus/
Inspired by these articles:
https://www.verywellmind.com/epicurean-philosophy-and-happiness-4177914
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epicurus/
https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_epicureanism.html
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