578-Wrapping-Up-2022

As we look back on 2022, I want to share with you a few things I am doing to create some Intentional Margins® for my highest priorities.

 

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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 as a natural consequence to the closing of yet another year, we find ourselves closing loose ends and focusing on aspirations for 2023.  Which can be so fun, especially if you are a future thinker like me.   

 

I think a lot of it is human nature.  We want something to look forward to.  The past few years have felt different for a lot of folks, me included.  It’s different kinds of things now.  Today I wanted to share with you how I am living in my Intentional Margins® this week.  One of my focuses last year and next is to connect with my kids.  I see them growing up so fast and as I've mentioned in previous episodes, I look at my high schooler and can count the summers we have with her at home. And the 3 more proms and school musicals and it just feels like time is slipping by.  So quality time with the children has been top of mind for me. 

 

For me, this time of year, my Intentional Margins® surround the theme of quality time with the people I love, both together and separately.   The past week or so, we’ve cooked. My daughter really enjoys cooking and baking and she’s quite good at it, so we have a few recipes we tried out. These are the times I think, I’ll look back on and want to remember, the best parts of life.  So, I’m making the Intentional Margin® to make time and be present.   

 

We’ve also been obsessed with the board game Catan, as a family. So we’ve had a few late nights and afternoon board game battles.  As a family we got an expansion pack for Christmas so the game just got a lot more complicated. And it’s really fun to play games with the kids.  

 

I hope this inspires you to think about something special you could do with someone you love, make a memory, spend some quality time together, play a game, do a puzzle, there are so many options.  It doesn’t have to be this big thing and it also doesn’t have to take a long time.  It’s more about being intentional and present.  I invite you to add an Intentional Margin® to your todo list today. 

 

Until next time.  Kindness is Contagious. 

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