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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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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
There are times in our lives when big moments are on the calendar, whether it is holidays, a vacation, or even a wedding. However, they can be super stressful! Here is how I use frontload planning to create minimalism and intention during special times.
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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 I was talking to a friend about how I plan my December and she was shocked. Not because I was doing it, I am a planner after all, but because I’ve never shared how I do it.
It starts at the beginning of Q4. That’s October 1st as I am laying out my responsibilities for the rest of the year. I like to take a quarterly approach. What I do is I front load Q4 into October and the first two weeks of November. Why, you might ask … well, here it goes.
I love the holidays. I love the twinkle lights. I love the merriment. I love the gatherings of friends. I love wrapping presents. I also love order. I love calm. Overwhelm is my kryptonite. I love getting gifts in the mail to friends and family that I won’t see during the holidays the first week-ish of December. I also love ordering my holiday cards early and then addressing them and getting them in the mail early in December. Usually I watch a Christmas movie and take my time. But it feels so good to me to have 2 big projects checked off the list early, the mailed gifts at the post office and holiday cards in the mail. We all know what the post office feels like leading up to Christmas, so I try to avoid that.
What minimalist December allows me to do, is have some calm in what is otherwise a super busy month, by saying no to almost everything that doesn’t bring me holiday cheer. I don’t want January to roll around and December to have been a stressful blur. Believe me, I’ve been there.
Now, I still have some responsibilities, for example, this podcast. But even this podcast brings me happiness and as much as I want the content to be good and thoughtful for you, it’s also for me. It reminds me how I want to show up as the best version of myself. We’re all riding the happiness train together - and some days are a little bumpy. So this December, I have a special treat. We're shaking it up a bit, more on that later in the week, on the November 30th episode.
I also use some time in December to reflect on the year and plan for next year. My kids are still in school during the day, so I have some time and in December it’s really important to me that I am intentional about reflecting and planning for the next year.
So, taking advice from Dr. Santo’s over at Yale, I’m savoring all the moments I can this month.
Until next time. Remember, Kindness is Contagious.
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