27.3K
Downloads
674
Episodes
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.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday Jun 22, 2022
Focusing on our ideas and organizing our day with Intentional Margins can be challenging. That is why I have created this FREE GUIDE to help you! It's a simple, quick, and efficient way for you to take control of your day with Intentional Action.
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2-ish 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 created and tested a printable one pager on starting our days. It’s not a planner. It’s not a journal. It’s a guide. A daily page. A template to get our brains thinking about the right things and how we are going to manage our day and the surprises that come up along the way - because let’s face it - that seems to always happen. The best laid plans, right?
If you want to grab this, it was just offered in my membership community, but I am giving it to everyone over on my website www.katiejefcoat.com/blog just click the resource image for My Intentional Day.
For a long time, I would wake up, look at my emails, and then start my day. I would be reactive instead of proactive. Then I heard someone say, “your email is someone else's to-do list.” That’s when I realized my email was making me feel “productive,” but it was hollow; I wasn’t getting closer to my goals. And I wasn't feeling good about my day.
It was time to make a change. I had to find a better way to manage my day. I spent years
searching for the perfect productivity hack. What I found was that I didn't need more
time, and no productivity hack was going to help me FEEL less overwhelmed, less busy, less stressed, or less pulled in a million different directions.
That’s when it hit me. I just needed to do the right things for this season of my life. I knew I wanted to be busy and feel balanced. I wanted to feel like I was in control of my life even in the chaos. I wanted that illusive harmony.
I created My Intentional Day as a tool for me and now you to bring our priorities into focus and our tasks into alignment with our abundantly busy days.
The plan is simple. I walk you through the sections in the intro page of the PDF. Imagine we’re sitting on the sofa with a cup of coffee. I’m sharing with you how I finally stopped feeling overwhelmed (most of the time - I’m human ;)) and found the harmony to be busy and balanced.
And I always say, before you start, keep this in mind: There are a million ways to do anything, and this is your template. I encourage you to make it your own so that it works perfectly for you at this season of life.
We’ll cover high level priorities, focus, tasks, gratitude and sleep. But first, every day, we remind ourselves of our success the day before - why, because as busy as we are, we tend to get 37 of the 42 things done on our to-do list and we only remember five we didn’t complete. That’s not how we start our day friend, it really is life changing and I can’t wait for you to get your hands on it. So jump over to www.katiejefcoat.com/blog and grab your free printable daily page today.
Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious.
Get Everyday Happiness delivered to your inbox by subscribing at: https://www.katiejefcoat.com/happiness
And, let’s connect on social at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram
Links: https://onamission.bio/everydayhappiness/
Comments (0)
To leave or reply to comments, please download free Podbean or
No Comments
To leave or reply to comments,
please download free Podbean App.