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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 Jun 18, 2022
382-Sharing A Kindness Is Contagious Experience
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Hey friend, today, I can’t wait to share an experience I just had with you. Listen in.
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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 today, I just want to share with you (totally off the cuff) a quick story about kindness that happened to me earlier today.
I was at the post office getting some postcard stamps for the Kindness Cards that I'm sending out, which I am absolutely loving, it's so much fun. There was one guy working at the desk, and there were seven people in line. The printer for the actual mail postage kept getting jammed, the guy at the desk was really frustrated, the line was taking forever.
Two guy in front of me, non native English speaker, was a very nice gentlemen who had some packages to send. He thought that he had to show the postman the contents of the package before he taped it up. But what he realized was that he was supposed to have already taped the box, and he didn't bring tape with him to the post office.
The post office doesn't give people tape to tape up their packages (at least not at my post office). He told the guy look, there's a rack of tape and packing supplies, you can buy whatever tape you need, tape your boxes, come back, and I will finish your order.
You could tell that this guy was frustrated. He walked away, he said, “I'm waiting in line for 45 minutes and now I've got to do this.” He was kind of huffing and puffing. He really thought he would get out of there pretty quick and he saw the really long line and thought maybe he had to go stand in the back of the line again. I can see this frustration. He was clearly frustrated.
It just so happened that at the stop before the post office, I purchased packing tape. No lie! I purchased packing tape at the FedEx store at the stop before. And so I said, “hey, I have packing tape in my car. Let me go get it.” So I ran out to the car, I grabbed my brand spanking new, tons of packing tape, brought it back in, gave it to the guy and I said use as much as you want, here's your packing tape.
He was so thankful! And I don't even know what came over me to think I needed more packing tape when I was at the FedEx store but maybe it was for this exact reason. I don't know - the universe does some funny things sometimes. But he was so appreciative.
He used the packing tape, and he gave it back to me. I bought my postcard stamps. I was on my way, he got to cut back in line because the postman already had the labels printed and ready to go for him. And he was so thankful.
You know how they talk about helpers, it makes you feel good. Well, of course, I felt great! I got to help somebody, I love that. He really appreciated the kindness when and could tell, he was very annoyed. In a way, I think maybe I was able to flip the script for him and I was able to turn his day around, he wasn't as frustrated at the post office and what a blessing that is.
I just wanted to share with you how little acts of kindness make such a big difference and really have this ripple effect. Even the postman said, “thanks for helping out the customer”. He was in a better mood and it just felt like the air had gotten a little lighter.
So, if that inspires you, I just hope that it does and go out and spread some kindness into the world. Don't forget, kindness really is contagious.
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