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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 Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Do you take the time to sit down and contemplate your dreams or future goals? In this episode, I talk about how to use dream practices to improve your 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’m curious. Do you have a “dream practice”? I know it sounds super woo-woo, so let me explain. I was listening to a podcast where the woman said she had a dream practice. It's this idea that you write for 15 minutes a day as the first thing of the day and capture your dreams, your future, and what you want to manifest. It’s a spiritual practice.
Well, first thing in the morning doesn’t work for me, it’s not when I’m in my woo-woo frame of mind, but maybe that’s a good time for you. Like my friend Jenna says, there are a million ways to do anything, pick what works for you.
I guess it’s this idea that we want to manifest what we want and if we go through the days without knowing where we’re going, how will we know if we got there?
I think some people do this in meditation and it’s called future visioning. The idea is certainly not new, but I hadn’t heard it called a “dream practice” before and that seems more fun, to me.
When we have a vision for our future, one that lights our hair on fire, I think it can bring us more happiness. Now, some scientists and researchers will say that we only truly have happiness by what we experience in the present. So, I’m still chewing on this concept myself. I like the idea of having something to look forward to. I feel satisfaction and joy in the planning of the trip, not just the experience of the vacation. So I would argue that this happiness research is not one size fits all and that you get to draw from this and take what works for you.
And I’m not alone. Sonja Lyubomirski, a leading happiness researcher, explains in her book The How of Happiness, how dreaming of your best self works. She says “To try it out, sit in a quiet place, and take twenty to thirty minutes to think about what you expect your life to be one, five, or ten years from now. Visualize a future for yourself in which everything has turned out the way you’ve wanted. You have tried your best, worked hard, and achieved all your goals. Now write down what you imagine.”
This science says technique can boost your positive emotions and boost your optimism which I think is very cool.
When you have a vision that excites you, that lights your hair on fire, I think you have hope - and that’s fun. At least it is for me. Do you have a dream that excites you? Spread it out into the Universe, tag me on social and let’s spread more dreams together. You can find me at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram
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