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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 Sep 17, 2022
Saturday Sep 17, 2022
How do you manage your leisure time? Is it scheduled out to the minute or free-flowing? Learn the proper technique in this episode of Everyday Happiness.
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 yesterday we talked about what to do with free time, when you have too much. And today, I’m sharing with you three tips from a recent Washington Post article that disects this new research.
How many of us feel like you’re on the hamster wheel of todos, the tightrope of life, you are spinning all the plates, you are juggling all the balls … There is a reason there are so many analogies to this feeling of not enough time to get it all done. Most of us are in the thick of it.
First, let’s talk about Intentional Margins®, the buffer of space and time to create harmony between our todos and our priorities. The first step is identifying your priorities and what really matters to you in this big wide life we’re living.
The research says you take a look at your schedule and cut what’s not important. What is not a priority. I think that’s easier said than done and likely, this happens over a number of weeks, to really extract yourself from commitments that are not priorities.
Priorities can and should be for a season, a week, a day. They evolve and you pivot.
Have margin for spontaneous free time. Instead of planning that leisure time, just have some time for that spontaneous walk with a friend or a quick coffee date.
Lastly, the research suggests that we should find two hours a day where nothing is scheduled. Two hours is the minimum of leisure time we should have every single day, no matter what. The article points out that “it doesn’t all have to come at the same time. Coffee breaks, short walks and reading or watching TV count toward your discretionary time. One of the researchers, Holmes says in this piece. “The important thing is that you carve out a couple hours in your day, and that you’re spending it in ways you want — not on obligations.”
So, where are you spending your time? I’m curious if you have at least 2-hours a day for leisure?
Until next time, hit the subscribe button and share this micro-podcast with friends, we’d be so grateful.
And remember, kindness is contagious.
Inspired by this article in The Washington Post, Why having too much free time can be as bad for you as having too little.
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