113-What I’m-Savoring Right Now

I'm starting to become addicted to savoring.  This really works! 

 

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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 yesterday we talked about savoring, this scientific principle of  prolonged appreciation.  When you take a moment and appreciate it, you prolong the positive experience and emotions, which shines a light on the experience and magnifies our happiness. 

 

Lately I’ve been savoring bedtime snuggles with my littlest kid.  He’s about to get to the age where snuggling mom is not as cool as it once was.  I’m savoring every moment, the way his hands feel, the texture of his hair.  How his voice sounds when he tells me a story.   It’s helping me stay completely present in the moment and I believe I am experiencing more happiness and satisfaction and even purpose when I slow down and savor this particular moment in the day. 

 

I’ve also been savoring the simple pleasure of my morning coffee in a quiet house before the sun rises.  During the global pandemic, my sleep schedule changed.  As a family, we stayed up later and that resulted in me sleeping in later than before.  If you’ve been with me for a while, you know how much I love my sleep.  It’s one of my core values.  I prioritize sleep over just about everything.  It’s the only way I can get through the day.   

But I also love this moment in the morning, with my coffee, a quiet dark house with only my thoughts to distract me.  It’s when I get my best, most creative writing done - which wasn’t happening much the first year of the pandemic - because I was sleeping in until the very last moment possible to get the kids up for virtual school.  

So savoring this moment of clarity, focus and excitement for the day, with gratitude for my warm cup of coffee, has been such a highlight, I look forward to the next morning, which helps me refuse the urge to hit the snooze button.  

I hope this episode has inspired you to savor something a little longer today.  And, let me know what it is, let’s chat over on Social.  I’m at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram  

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