Everyday Happiness - Finding Harmony and Bliss
Education:Self-Improvement
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It’s easy to add an appointment into your calendar. I invite you to reflect on whether some of those tasks actually require more time because of the energy that is needed to complete the task and recover.
Transcript:
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 talk about tasks and energy. I love the concept of an ideal week. I have been obsessed for years about this. But I don’t think it’s fair to ourselves to create ideal weeks if we haven't identified how we use our energy. It’s so easy to block time for this task or that task. But what good is that if that’s not when our bodies tell us this is the right time for this specific task.
I would encourage you to think about your big recurring tasks and what energy they require.
Start by asking yourself: with what times of day am I most aligned for the task. For example, for me, any deep work or writing, I’m best in the early morning. So I like to block my morning time for creativity.
Second, ask yourself how much energy this will take. Have you ever been thinking a lot or making a lot of decisions and you feel exhausted. Like you cannot do another thing. Yeah. That’s when you know the task takes more than the actual hours to complete.
For example, if I need to prepare for a podcast interview. It may take me 1 hour to prepare, 30 minutes to complete the interview and 30-60 more minutes to recover from the energy expended to be my best. For me, a zoom call is great in the afternoon lull, I feed off connection, so an afternoon appointment works well for me, because it gives me energy instead of depleting it. If you are a coach, you may experience that you need considerable downtime after each coaching session. I think sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough time to recover and manage our energy, so knowing what works for you is so critical to managing your day. These are great Intentional Margins® to put into your calendar.
So next time you are managing your calendar, I invite you to look at the time and energy it takes to complete the task and perhaps add a little Intentional Margin into your day.
Until next time, remember Kindness is Contagious, spreading a smile goes a long way. If you want to get the podcast delivered to your inbox, just subscribe at https://www.katiejefcoat.com/happiness.
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