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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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We’re replaying our most popular episodes from the past year. In case you missed it or want a reminder, here is the most listened to episode in January 2022.
Intentional Margins® create happiness because when we are in harmony and fulfilling our priorities, we can’t help but feel happiness.
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 a Margin Maker in our monthly membership said this recently and it struck me. She realized she was creating margins for happiness. For what was fulfilling and purposeful to her. In turn, she said she’s happier.
If you have these Intentional Margins®, whether it’s a buffer of time between appointments and obligations to take a deep breath and be intentional about how you want to show up, or a longer Intentional Margin to spend some time doing something that lights your hair on fire or feeds you.
If you have Intentional Margin® it’s a lot harder to be stressed out when we are running from thing to thing. I truly believe we can be busy and balanced, if we are focusing our time on the right things, our priorities, in this season. And, with the awareness that we can always pivot.
I encourage you, like we do in the membership, to write down your Intentional Margin® for the day. It can be a walk with your dog, 30-minutes to gather your thoughts and journal or sit quietly. It can be 2 minutes to just reframe your mindset before jumping on a call or picking up your kid from school. All of these margins matter. Over time and combined, they make us happier.
The last thing any of us want is to get to the end of the week, the end of the year, or god forbid the end of life and wonder what it was all for. Checking off the todo list of other people’s priorities is going to feel really crappy if that’s what we see when we look back. Instead, I invite you to create an Intentional Margin® for yourself that promotes some calm and happiness, that invites you to act in service of whatever your priority is right now.
This is all about finding the harmony between our todos and our priorities because what I know for sure, is that checking off the todo list does not create a fulfilled happy life.
So, what will your Intentional Margins® be today, let us know so we can celebrate you!
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