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The Lazy Genius Podcast
Author: Kendra, The Lazy Genius
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Part systems expert, part permission giver, Kendra Adachi, The Lazy Genius, is here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.
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When you feel overwhelmed without knowing what to do, the overwhelming feeling stays big and might get bigger which then feels like a problem. So here you are, overwhelmed, unsure of what to do about it; the feeling gets bigger, the problem, even though it’s unnamed, also gets bigger, and so you start throwing big solutions at an unnamed problem that don’t work, which then causes you to feel even more overwhelmed.
Instead, today I want to share with you seven ways to meet overwhelm.
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Episode 258: The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need
Episode 310: How to Pivot Around Any Obstacle
Episode 259: 5 Steps to Lazy Genius Anything
Episode 80: The Lazy Genius Daily Act of Kindness
Episode 306: What We Need to Have More Fun
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Today, I’m sharing a loose five-step framework for cleaning a room. If you do not have kids, this episode is not geared as much toward you.
However, everyone has the capacity to want a clean room, so if you wish your room was cleaner and you struggle to keep it that way, this episode might actually help.
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This week marks the four-year anniversary of my first book, The Lazy Genius Way, and we’re going to celebrate by dedicating an entire episode to the 13 Lazy Genius principles. These are lifelong, long haul principles that will make your life more grounded, content, and help you continue to name and focus on what matters most to you in whatever season you’re in. Plus, they help you get your stuff done. What a world that something can actually help you live your life and without an ounce of shame or shoulds.
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Episode 366: Twenty Helpful Decisions I Keep Repeating
Episode 349: 10 Small Changes I’m Glad I Made
Episode 262: Answers to the Magic Question That Paid Off
Episode 317: 5 Steps to a Routine That Actually Works
Episode 359: 7 Routines That Work for Me
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
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I do these episodes about once every season where I take your questions and problems and Lazy Genius them here in an episode. It’s a great way to have particular problems solved but more importantly to see how to think about solving problems, no matter what they are.
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Episode 61: The Lazy Genius Exercise Routine
Brené Brown and Tim Ferriss conversation
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August is almost here, and when it hits, it hits hard, especially if you have kids going back to school. So today, I’m going to do some of the work for you. I’ve gathered some of the biggest tasks you likely have to prepare for going back to school, and by listing them all together and sharing some ways to Lazy Genius them.
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Episode #326: How to Magic Question Your Morning
Get the checklist here!
Planetbox Lunchboxes
Episode #272: The Complete Guide to Seasonal Ceremonies
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My third book, The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius, releases in 78 days! Completely arbitrary, but on this random summer Monday, it sounds fun to talk about some behind the scenes details about the book.
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Episode #166: Book Launching 101
Bonus: What’s the Deal with Bestseller Lists?
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Last week, I did an episode on all of your best summer ideas, and today I’m sharing the ten things we’re doing this summer that are saving my life. As always, this list is not something for you to copy. The point is to notice where you have problems, adjust, and see what works for you.
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@younghouselove on Instagram
Target Mesh Beach Tote
Mesh pouches for hair stuff
@samkelly_world on Instagram
Sam Kelly’s Little Cycle Breakers course
Walmart jumpsuit that’s a Free People dupe
The Essential Calendar
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I asked y’all on Instagram for your best summer lifesavers so far, and holy moly did you guys deliver. These are some of the best ideas that align so well with what it means to be a Lazy Genius, to name what matters to you in the season that you’re in and then make choices that support that! Plus, those choices help you feel like yourself.
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The Instagram post with tons of ideas to save your summer
The Summer Docket
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As often happens when we go through life, we learn things along the way. And sometimes we learn things that we so desperately wish we had learned earlier. Does that negate their value now? No. Is learning part of the process? Of course. But I think we can learn a lot about ourselves now by acknowledging what we have already learned. Since it’s middle of summer energy, this felt like a great time to share ten things I wish I’d known in my 20s. Let’s jump right in.
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The Stand by Stephen King
IT by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine
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Summer is often a season for day trips for many reasons. Let’s apply the Lazy Genius Method to day trips to help you plan yours, but as we do, remember a key phrase: surprise and delight. It’s your energetic guiding light.
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Book of the Month
Breezy Instrumental playlist on Spotify
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This episode is for those of you who would classify yourselves as readers and those of you who would not. I want us to look at the aspects of summer reading that are all over the Internet right now and decide if they are in or out for us as Lazy Geniuses. Are we paying attention to the best things? Are we telling ourselves the kind truths? Reading has some weird layers, and we’re going to address those today.
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Episode #319: 21 Books for Your Summer Reading
Episode #267: Find Your Summer Reading Rhythm
Episode #213: Create a Summer Reading Club
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The decision tree that comes from "Can I have a snack?!" is exhausting, whether the question is coming from your kids or yourself. Snacks, especially in summer, are the bane of many an existence, so today we’re going to try to make handling them easier.
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The kindest Facebook group on the internet
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For many of you, it’s summer, or you might already be a couple of weeks in. Regardless, I’m going to share my plan for a Lazy Genius summer, and hopefully it’ll show you some ways to apply these principles to your own plan but more importantly to how you pivot around the plan when those times come.
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The Next Right Thing Guided Journal by Emily P. Freeman
One Line A Day Journal
The Essential Calendar (Use code LAZYGENIUS for 10% off)
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We do this episode every season, and I have seven things to share with you. But what do you do when things that normally save your life don’t work in a new season? I’m tackling that at the end of the episode today.
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Shark FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying System
tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Paaarty
Pink Queen Women’s Denim Classic Bib Overalls
Episode #352: Office Hours with the Office Ladies
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My first book The Lazy Genius Way introduces 13 Lazy Genius principles that help you name what matters, ditch what doesn’t, and get stuff done. The first of those principles is Decide Once. Decide Once means you make one decision about one thing and you keep making that decision over and over until it doesn’t work for you anymore. Today, I’m sharing 20 decisions I keep repeating.
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Episode #84: The Lazy Genius Guide to Lunch
Planetbox Rover Lunchbox
Genius Square or Genius Star
Slime Making Kit
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We know the feeling of Maycember. May has a similar energy to the beautiful chaos of December, but we forget it’s like that until we’re in it. I never remember how crazy May becomes until literally right now, and then it feels too late. If that’s you, this episode will help.
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The Summer Docket
The Essential Calendar (Use code LAZYGENIUS for 10% off!)
Episode 258 - The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need
Summer Sanity podcast playlist (Spotify)
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Sometimes life feels like a fire hose, a constant stream of events or tasks or humans or needs or stimulation that wear you down, metaphorically soak you through, and create an environment where what you need keeps getting pushed to the back of the line. In those times, what do we do?
Today, I’m going to share four things to keep in mind when life feels like a fire hose (one is super duper practical, promise!).
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Episode #310: How to Pivot Around Any Obstacle
The Eisenhower Matrix
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This is our quarterly episode where I take your problems and try and Lazy Genius them! Today, as always for these episodes, I’ll put the questions focused on kids and parenting at the end in one chunk so that those of you without kids don’t have to listen if you’d rather move along with your day.
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The Instagram post where I collected questions for this episode
House Rules by Myquillyn Smith (aka The Nester)
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Y’all know I love helping us deal with our to-do lists. Life is full of things to do, and sometimes we feel buried in all that wants our attention. So today’s episode is a short and sweet look at one simple strategy that might make a ton of difference for you.
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Episode #288: How to Make the Rest of 2022 Easier
Episode #353: How to Plan a Project and Actually Finish It
The Summer Docket
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No matter your level of extroversion or introversion, your age, your life stage, or any other factor, we all need friends. I tend to focus on more concrete things on the show, but I think that one of the reasons we struggle to find and maintain meaningful relationships is partly a logistical one. And yet, finding time to connect with people is just as important if not more important than finding time to pay your bills and cook your meals and tend to your job and your home and all the things. Let’s explore ways we can Lazy Genius friendship.
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The Life Council by Laura Tremaine
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
How to Walk Into a Room by Emily P. Freeman
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Very useful podcast! Kedra, you are truly a genius! I haven't come across such an interesting podcast for a long time, except for the article on how to be chill at school: https://educhill.com/education/how-to-be-chill-in-school/. Now I really don't worry about studying.
actually, it's the first time I've heard about maycember & its chaotic time well, different cultures ig cuz these thing u're mentioning as a problem that we need an episode about it & need to be talked about, is nothing serious to me
For Angela's question, I want to share that I recently hung two single clothes hooks inside my walk-in closet where I hang my clothes in transition (i.e.wearing again soon, tomorrow's outfit, etc.) They are off of the floor, not draped over furniture, and hidden from view.
Thank you Dear Kendra I'm so happy that I've started my day day with your tips 🤍🌱
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what is wrong with you not like big bang theory! I graduated from Purdue. university that provided the most astronauts.
I just had to chime in here and share my thoughts on "The Lazy Genius Podcast." I've been an avid listener for quite some time now, and I must say, it's an absolute gem in the sea of podcasts out there. https://hubpages.com/@deli-paper Kendra's approach to embracing both laziness and genius in our lives is refreshingly unique. It's like she's giving us permission to take a step back, simplify things, and still achieve greatness. Her tips on efficient routines, clever life hacks, and the art of making seemingly complex tasks more manageable have been a game-changer for me. https://www.behance.net/deli-paper-pros
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hi. i recently cheked out some of the transcripts and i realized that they are imperfect and incomplete, i mean you left many sentences untranscribed. please fix this, some ppl do need fully trascribed episodes to be able to follow up and get everything.
an american podcast with transcript for each episode!!! that's freaking awesome. I've been literally looking for sth like this for 2 years. i can't thank you enough♥️
I love to have a zero inbox and so one of my things is delete what needs to be deleted, or respond to the things that can be responded and then delete that or I move it to a "to-do" folder which are messages that need to be handled or have been put on the other person to respond but do not need to be in my inbox any longer. I then review that folder a couple times a week for what needs attention or be deleted if it's been done.
THIS was the piece I needed, after (mind blown) reading The Lazy Genius Way. Thank you. Is there anywhere you post the full process of Lazy Genius-ing people's problems, to help us layfolks out here get a better idea of the scope and how the principles are applied?
New listener, 6 years late! At 14:58, you said Nick Flora was the first person you’re interviewing for the podcast - I’m just curious if this was recorded before the first episode that you had your best friend on? Or is it a matter of format, or that she was a close friend and Nick isn’t? (I can’t help noticing the discrepancy.)
So happy about hearing Hannah!! Yay!!!
I've had a similar experience picking up a car internationally, so my genius husband bought me a charging block that I always travel with to prevent not being able to charge my phone, so calamity averted. also when traveling internationally you need to know how to change the settings on the car's GPS (if you are fortunate to get) so you can understand the language. lastly, for international travel, Google translate is your best friend! love your ideas and tips! BTW my daughter lives in Winston-Salem as well.
once a year I take out all of the clothes that are to the left of a yellow neon hanger. I move the hanger then to the right of all of my clothes that are still in my closet As I wash and wear things throughout the year they end up on the right side of the hanger. I know at the end of that year I have gone through holidays celebrations seasons and everything and if I have not worn something in a year it gets donated to a friend. if something is worn but not dirty enough to put in the laundry basket I hang it on a hanger and then put the hanger in my closet backwards so I know the next time I take it out that it needs to go in the laundry.