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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 Aug 28, 2021
Saturday Aug 28, 2021
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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 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 wanted to share with you what I was thinking when I created the concept Intentional Margins®. This is where my mind was, and how I was thinking about my own overwhelm and my ways of managing those feelings.
In Episode 87 I shared the book analogy (go back and listen if you haven’t and this will all mak more sense). I had been reading a lot, I was on vacation in Buenos Aires and was chewing on this idea that we can be high achieving and also not feel overwhelmed. We can reduce the todo list to only what is essential and still have time for our priorities. Frankly, I was not ready to return home to what I knew was waiting for me - a lot of things to do.
I had gone through periods in my life where I felt so busy, I had so many irons in the fire, I was feeling pulled in so many directions and all I really wanted to do was watch Netflix and binge with my two kids snuggled on the sofa.
I had also gone through periods where I stripped down everything to the most essential and said no to almost everything.
From the outside looking in, I’m often asked how I “do it all” and still have time for the things that people viewed as “fun”, like coffee with a friend, brunch, going to sleep at 9:00pm when most of my peers were cleaning up the house, working late or doing something else on their todo list.
I realized, I thought about time differently. And when I was sitting in Buenos Aries I reflected on all the years I felt like I could manage - even when I was so busy and pulled in so many directions - but still felt like I was doing ok - and what was I doing then and how could I do that again when I returned home.
What I did - was make time for my priorities, no matter what. It’s how I looked at my Intentional Margins® and boundaries, like the book in Episode 87. I always protected my values and priorities. Sometimes not as well as others, there are seasons, but I never lost the essence of this way of living.
Now, Intentional Margins® is a filter for me and so many others to decide what we say yes to and what we say no to.
I invite you to think about the margins in your book and decide what Intentional Margins® you’d create for yourself. Of course, I love connection, it’s one of my core values, so share with my your Intentional Margins® on social using the hashtag #IntentionalMargins and tagging me so we can connect and I can celebrate you! I’m over at @ everydayhappinesswithkatie.
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