The Lazy Genius Podcast

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANEpisode #166: Book Launching 101Bonus: What’s the Deal with Bestseller Lists?Get Book Tour details for The PLAN hereSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLAN@younghouselove on InstagramTarget Mesh Beach ToteMesh pouches for hair stuff@samkelly_world on InstagramSam Kelly’s Little Cycle Breakers courseWalmart jumpsuit that’s a Free People dupeThe Essential CalendarSign up for the Latest Lazy Letter monthly newsletter.Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Instagram post with tons of ideas to save your summerThe Summer DocketLatest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius KitchenThe Lazy Genius WayDownload a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe StandIT11/22/63Duma KeyThe Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANBook of the MonthBreezy Instrumental playlist on SpotifySign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLAN21 Books for Your Summer ReadingFind Your Summer Reading RhythmCreate a Summer Reading ClubSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe kindest Facebook group on the internetSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Next Right Thing Guided JournalOne Line A Day JournalThe Essential CalendarSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANShark FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying Systemtarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in PaaartyPink Queen Women’s Denim Classic Bib OverallsEpisode #352: Office Hours with the Office LadiesSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Lazy Genius Guide to LunchPlanetbox Rover LunchboxGenius Square Genius StarSlime Making KitSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Summer DocketThe Essential Calendar The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You NeedSummer Sanity podcast playlist (Spotify)Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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!). Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANHow to Pivot Around Any ObstacleThe Eisenhower MatrixSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Instagram post where I collected questions for this episodeHouse Rules by Myquillyn Smith (aka The Nester)Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANHow to Make the Rest of 2022 EasierHow to Plan a Project and Actually Finish ItThe Summer DocketSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Life CouncilFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals How to Walk Into a Room Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Is this maybe the most appropriately named pep talk of all time? Quite possibly. I have a feeling a lot of you always feel tired. In fact, like me, you feel tired so often that it’s annoying at this point. You’re tired of being tired. Will we ever not be tired?! I think we all need some solidarity in this space as well as some practical help. My goal is for you to get both. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANSign up for the Latest Lazy Letter, my monthly newsletter, which goes out on Wednesday!Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

While this episode is definitely seven routines that work for me, the reason I’m sharing them is not so that you will do them because they’ll work. It’s more to see how I arrived at certain routines, what priorities they support, and maybe they’ll inspire a small change or adjustment in your own routine that could make your life work better for you and the season you’re in. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANHow to Lazy Genius Division of LaborWhat’s Saving My LifeThe Lazy Genius Organizes PaperSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

We all have places we need to go, and we want to kindly and efficiently get there. That looks different for everyone though. I’m going to break this episode down into three sections: expectations, kindly getting there, and how to bring in efficiency. Do not skip straight to part three, please. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANThe Lazy Genius Gets Out the DoorSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

One of the most foundational principles of managing your time like a Lazy Genius is to think about your season. We all need tangible help with planning. That’s why I wrote a book called The PLAN. But since it doesn’t come out until October and we need to plan some stuff now, let’s plan our spring together. Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLANHow to Make the Rest of 2023 EasierEmily P. FreemanLaura TremaineMyquillyn Smith, aka The NesterOne Line a Day JournalHow to Plan a Project and Actually Finish ItSign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

This is a beloved quarterly episode where I share the things in my life that are saving it. It could be products that bring joy or efficiency, moments that make me feel like myself, things I’m looking forward to… the list is varied every time. The practice, though, is just as important as the list itself, which is why I encourage you to ask yourself this question on occasion: what’s saving your life right now? Helpful Companion Links my new book The PLAN@emily.m.hollandFace Base by Bobbi BrownCharlotte Tilbury’s Flawless Filter Setting PowderGucci bronzerTarte Amazonian Clay BlushRMS Beauty LuminizerThrive Causemetics eyelinerCaliray Surfproof Hydrating Setting SprayWander Beauty’s Mile High Club MascaraHow to Hire a HousecleanerOffice Ladies UpdateHow to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk AwaySign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email.The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.