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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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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
How we structure our 24 hours matters when it comes to how we feel at the end of the day.
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 still on this kick about how we think about time and how that in turn relates to our happiness. There is this concept called time affluence. Time affluence isn’t about the amount of time you have. It’s the subjective sense that you have time. As opposed to time poverty where you don’t think you have time.
Here’s the thing. No productivity hack is going to increase the amount of time you have in a day. We all get the same 24 hours. And somewhere in there, you need time for productivity,
non-productivity and just plain rest. You might even say you need time for your todos and your Intentional Margins and of course, rest. The challenge for many of us is that most
of our 24-hour block is devoted to productivity-related tasks, which let’s face it is a shortcut to burnout and not feeling fulfilled.
What I’ve realized is that Intentional Margins, non-productive time and rest are buckets of time that I need to keep clear and firm boundaries around. How many of us have grabbed the laptop and plopped down in front of the TV. What are we trying to tell our brains in those moments? We’re certainly not resting, but we’re also not being highly productive. Now, I get it. Cleaning out email or doing some mind numbing tasks can seem like a good option for this hybrid. I don’t know what the answer is, but I’m thinking about it for myself. Everyone has their own way.
Here are three tips to structure your 24 hours.
- Bucket your time into productivity/todos, non-productivity/Intentional Margins and rest/rejuvenation
- Bucket time for sleep
- Keep firm but flexible boundaries around your time so that you can be devoted to what matters at that time.
When we try to hybrid our time, I think we’re doing ourselves a disservice. I’m still working on this myself, but as I’m in it with you, I wanted to share what I’ve been thinking about lately as I reflect on how I spend my time.
Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious.
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