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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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Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
There will be seasons in your life where your priorities must shift to reflect what is going on in your life at that given moment, but how do we re-balance? Tune into this episode of Everyday Happiness to learn more!
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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 we’ve been talking about how we spend our time and our priorities because I believe that when we look at our calendar it represents our priorities and when we feel out of balance, it’s often not because we have every minute scheduled. We might have every minute scheduled, but it's more about not doing the right things at the right time. If we are doing what’s right for us, right now, we can be super busy and still feel balanced.
If we are doing what matters most, for a good part of the day, and we know why we are doing it, we will feel more in harmony, more balance.
That’s why I am so passionate about Intentional Margins and taking the time to identify your priorities in this season, because it will be the shining light, the guide, the clarity, the filter for you to make choices on what you say yes to and what you say no to - in this season.
I have a friend, her high-schooler is struggling at school. I am sure so many parents can relate to the season when the older kids need more. She’s not driving yet, so she needs a ride to the study tutor and she needs a parent at home to help her stay on task with her homework. My friend is in a season where her time is spent with one of her kids, just being there. And she’s saying no to wine night and book club and she’s running (something that is a priority for her mental and physical fitness) in the mornings instead of the evenings, because her priorities have shifted to working with her child through her child’s season of figuring some things out.
When my friend tries to double-book and do one more thing, her harmony falls apart. She’s more short tempered with her child - which she recognizes and doesn’t like. She’s more stressed personally by trying to make it work and at the end, she doesn't feel better about trying to squeeze in one more thing.
Balance is never about how much time you have. It’s always about how you feel. You can be busy and balanced. Most of us are very very busy, I am not saying to be balanced you need to reduce ½ of your commitments, that would be insane. What I am saying is that you can take a look at your commitments and decide what needs to stay, what needs to go, and what matters in this season.
Until next time, happy prioritizing.
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