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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 Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Today I’m pondering how success and happiness actually work together, in our favor. Listen in on how the minimalist movement champions the satisfaction prong of happiness.
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 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’ve been pondering success and happiness and how those two ideas marry one another. For me, I feel the purpose and satisfaction prong of happiness when I am feeling successful helping others. My work feels purposeful when I am successful. But I also dream of a month on a deserted island sipping drinks with umbrellas and hanging out with friends and family. Although, I know I’d get bored in about 4 days, I still dream of what that would be like. Maybe it’s because I’m in the hustle and bustle of work and kids and a busy season of life.
So when I saw an article published by Becoming Minimalist about Success and Happiness, I was intrigued. It said “[r]ather than defining success by the brand of clothing we can afford, may we find it in the number of people we have helped to clothe. … Rather than defining success by the type of car that we drive, may we find it in those we have picked up in life and set down on a better road. Rather than defining success by how loud our voice is, may we find it in how often we spoke up for those without one.”
Friend, this is so aligned with happiness work that we are going each day on this podcast. Yet, as humans we can get caught up in the swirl of life. So it’s such a good reminder.
The section of the happiness definition we focus on during this podcast is the purpose and satisfaction prong.
Arthur Brooks says that “productive human endeavor creates a sense of purpose in life.” This is often our work if you are younger than 65 years old. But it doesn’t have to be. It can be any endeavor, a political action, a hobby.
Satisfaction comes from your haves not your wants. This is where the Minimalist movement focuses. On the haves not the wants. And getting our human nature, our society, to want less.
So today, I’m contemplating how success quantifies not in the material items money can buy, but the people I can serve. And my morning meditation is about being grateful and appreciative of what I have and releasing the desires of what I want.
I invite you to join me. Send me a DM or post on social using the hashtag #IntentionalMargins and let me know what you think about this concept.
And remember, kindness is contagious.
Inspired by: Defining Success Differently,
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