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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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Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
It’s time. I’ve been thinking about this pivot for months. Contemplating every twist and turn. With clarity, I know that right now, this is the right next step.
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 at the beginning of January I wrote a post in our membership community about feeling overwhelmed. But overwhelm wasn’t the word. Busy wasn’t the word either. You see, every new year I “come in hot” with piles of ambition, goals, ideas, clarity, priorities and to-do lists.
This year. I’m not. I just can’t get there. That’s what I wrote in January.
I continued by sharing that I have a really strong urge to slow down and hunker down in 2023. Something is pulling at me. My intuition is screaming at me to be still and to stop chasing the next thing.
I don’t know what this will mean - but I’m listening.
This is where I shared my word of the year, we do this as a group and it’s really fun. My word this year is: CARE
My theme this year, the feeling I want to lean into this year is: more FREE TIME
I am obsessed with my consulting work like never before. I see so much value in Everyday Happiness and our COMMUNITY has been the backbone for support and the catalyst for change for me and so many others. We have coffee chat on Zoom once a week and it’s so great to connect with other women.
I’ve always thought it’s amazing what one person can do when they have a group of women cheering them on.
So as 2023 goes … I’m holding strong to what we’ve built, nurturing the pillars that got us to where we are.
With so much reflection and thought, this looks like a pivot for you listening right now. At the end of this month, the Everyday Happiness podcast will transition to a bi-monthly email. The email has already started. I think it’s the happiest email in your inbox and it will be filled with kindness, happiness, insights and a note from me. I hope you join me.
Life is heavy enough, we shouldn’t have to search for happiness. You can get the exclusive happiness email, delivered with a smile twice a month to your inbox when you visit https://www.katiejefcoat.com
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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