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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 Jul 21, 2022
415-Gross National Happiness Index
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Have you heard about the Gross National Happiness Index or the GNH? Today we’re discussing the origins of the index, how it works, and how we can use it to build a better, happier country!
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 today we are talking about the Gross National Happiness Index or the GNH. The Bhutanese government created the GNH index. In case your geography is a little rusty, Bhutan is a small country in the eastern Himalayan mountains of Asia. Often, it is forgotten due to its weak economic structure and overpowered neighbors of China and India. Still, Bhutan came up with this concept, an idea far more valuable than money, in my opinion.
Much like its name implies, the Gross National Happiness Index measures the total happiness of the country’s citizens. You may be thinking, how does one measure happiness? This tool is actually very well thought out; it uses nine domains supported by 33 indicators to analyze the nation’s wellbeing according to each surveyed person’s achievements in each indicator.
Okay…so? What's the point? Unlike other countries that focus on their GDP as their level of success, Bhutan uses the GNH in every facet of its government. They even use it to guide how policies are designed to create greater wellbeing and happiness for their people rather than focusing on monetary success. For example, Bhutan is the first and only country in the world to be carbon-negative! Additionally, from 2007 to 2017, they cut poverty from 36% to 12%! That's incredible!
Now, why am I telling you this? Well, often on Everyday Happiness, we talk about personal happiness, but Bhutan is showing the world that national happiness is a concept that is quantitative and can be improved.
How can a country get on this happiness train? It would likely take a shift in mindset. Bhutan is fortunate to have this ingrained into their way of life already due to the country's practice of Buddhist beliefs. But you don't have to be Buddhist to create a national change; you just have to have enough people aware of the concept and willing to vouch for it. The GNH is still a relatively new idea, but there are already small regions in the world testing it out. What do you think? Is this a concept you would want to be incorporated into your government? Shoot me a message over at Everyday Happiness!
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Inspired by this article by the 2022 World Happiness Report - https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2022/
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