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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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Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Did you know there are seven buckets of happiness we can add to now that will improve our happiness decades later? We’ve already discussed the first half, so today’s episode will cover the remaining 3 buckets and how you can build these happiness savings into your life with ease!
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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 welcome to day 3 of 3 in our chat about building a happiness 401(k). Yesterday, we dove into the first four happiness buckets, and today we are finishing it off with the last three…and these are doozies!
Without further delay, emotional resilience comes in as the fifth happiness bucket. Life can be tough; I certainly don’t deny it. There are days when happiness can seem just out of reach or so far away that you can’t even see the light. A critical effort we can put into our happiness buckets now is creating and practicing coping mechanisms. If you live long enough, you will face hardship. That unfortunate fact of life can be an accident, a death, an illness, and other unfavorable situations. By building these routines in our lives now, we will benefit in the long-term as we will be adequately prepared for when ill luck strikes rather than taking a less healthy alternative.
Moving on to the sixth bucket, I want to share a quick quote. A friend of mine’s dad used to tell her, “the day you stop learning, you put one foot in the grave with the other soon to follow.” Education is a happiness bucket we must take advantage of every day. Continued lifelong learning is a pillar of happiness we have discussed before. To keep learning through the years means to engage the mind. Not only does this help to prevent age-related cognitive declines, but it keeps people passionate. When you learn, you act, keep moving, and dream.
Lastly, it comes as no surprise that relationships are on the list, coming in as the seventh bucket. Here at Everyday Happiness, we talk about building social bonds and connections all the time. Having a close network of individuals provides you with an invaluable support system that can aid you through the most challenging aspects of life and celebrate all the joys. By continually building and maintaining good relationships throughout life, you can benefit here and now as well 50 years down the line.
As you go through the years, filling these buckets may be easy or hard. You might be able to fill some of the buckets but not the others. That is okay! Just like with a monetary 401k, there will be days, weeks, months, and years where you can only add so much. You can only do what you can, and every effort will benefit you in the long run. If you can only work on one bucket, Brooks recommends the last, building relationships. Healthy relationships may have been last on the list, but they are the most potent factor of happiness.
Now you may be thinking, can you use Intentional Margins to aid your happiness buckets? Absolutely! If this mini-series has inspired you to make some small changes or tiny habits, I encourage you to build them into your intentional margins. You don’t have to do all seven at once, but you can add one at a time until you have a healthy routine. Some will be easier than others, but I believe in you!
Along the way, I encourage you to add a little kindness to your happiness mission. Sending a little dose of sunshine and sparkle into the world can make a difference in your happiness 401(k) and others’.
And in case you missed it, we are pivoting this podcast to a bi-monthly email at the end of the month. I invite you to join happy mail, the happiest email in your inbox, just jump over to www.katiejefcoat.com/email and subscribe.
And, let’s connect on social at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram
Links: https://onamission.bio/everydayhappiness/
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