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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 Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Hey there, I’m C.Lee Cawley and today I share what advice I would give my younger self.
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Hello, my friends. You are listening to Everyday Happiness with Katie Jefcoat. But today I'm C.Lee Cawley, and she's asked me to take over.
One of the questions she asked me is, what advice would you give your younger self? And, you know, I am going to be 60 next year, so I feel like I can speak to this.
And one of the things I always tell people who are younger than me is, you don't have to do something just because you're good at it. My experience was that I was a costume and set designer, and that's what I did. I got my Bachelor's in Fine Arts, and that's what I did after college, but I realized it didn't bring me that much happiness.
The example I give is, I was doing a project for The Juilliard School, and not only did they pay me to design the costumes, they paid me to custom dye the silk chiffon! This was one of the best projects you could ever be in. It was a commissioned piece with a choreographer, and I did the sets and costumes, and you would have thought when the curtains opened, I would have said, “Oh, my goodness, there's my creative energies come to life”!.
But all I really said to myself is “Oh, my goodness, when is this going to be over? I've seen it a thousand times.” And in that moment, I had an epiphany that just because I was good at it didn't mean that it was something I should do.
And when the choreographer said, we've been hired to do another piece, I said, you know, I don't think so. My role models of successful costume designers were people who generally had sacrificed having families and children for their love of theater and film.
And I don't see that happening to me. I want to have a husband. I want to have a child. And that was when I decided not to pursue that career.
So my advice to somebody younger is, just because you're good at something doesn't mean you should do it. And that that's your path to true happiness.
So I hope that resonated with you? I'm delighted. I've got another question or two to answer for the rest of the week.
About C.Lee:
As an award-winning Certified Professional Organizer – of which there are fewer than 400 worldwide - C.Lee is an “agent of change” for her thousands of clients, students, and followers - transforming their lives and homes with her adroit advice and insightful instruction.
Her current mission is to clear desks and minds around the world with her signature course “The Paper Cleanse”. In it, she teaches people how to declutter their paper piles and curate frustrating files for a lifetime of paper organization.
C.Lee lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband of over 30 years and considers herself "indoorsy". She delights in having friends over for decadent drinks and deep discussions. And it appears that she adores alliteration!
You can connect with C.Lee
On Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/c.leecawley_simplifyyou/
On Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/DMVOrganizing
And at her website which offers tips, tools and a resourceful blog = https://www.cleecawley.com/
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