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 ...
Aug 12, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Put yourself on the Latest Lazy Letter mailing list to hear about all the fun preorder things happen...
Aug 05, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Helpful Companion Links Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode #326: How to Magic Question Your M...
Jul 29, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode #166: Book Launching 101 Bonus: What’s the Deal with Bestseller Lists? Get Book Tour details for The PLAN here Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens...
Jul 22, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. @younghouselove on Instagram Target Mesh Beach Tote Mesh pouches for hair stuff @...
Jul 15, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. The Instagram post with to...
Jul 08, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-orde...
Jul 01, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Book of the Month Breezy Instrumental playlist on Spotify Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitch...
Jun 24, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider ...
Jun 17, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. The kindest Facebook group on the internet Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The L...
Jun 10, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. The Next Right Thing Guided Journal by Emily P. Freeman One Line A D...
Jun 03, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Shark FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying System tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Paaarty Pink Queen Women’s Denim Classic Bib Overalls Episode #352: Off...
May 27, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releas...
May 20, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. The Summer Docket The Essential Calendar (Use code LAZYGENIUS for 10% off!) Episode 258 - Th...
May 13, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to conside...
May 06, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. The Instagram post where I collected questions for this episode House ...
Apr 29, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode #288: How to Make the Rest of 2022 Easier Episode #353: How to Plan a Project and Actually Finish I...
Apr 22, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Apr 15, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in ...
Apr 08, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in ...
Apr 01, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode 223: The Lazy Genius Gets Out the Door Sign up for the Latest Laz...
Mar 25, 2024•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy once it releases in October. Episode #339: How to Make the Rest of 2023 Easier Emily P. F...
Mar 18, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Pre-order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider...
Mar 11, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast This feeling hits all of us at some point. You’re bored with the meals you eat, the clothes you wear, the stuff in your house, bored with your job, your routine, your partner, all kinds of things. Today, I’m going to offer you a process to help you get past the feeling of being bored with something in your life. Helpful Companion Links Episode #295: How to Start Fresh without Starting Over Episode #337: How to Lazy Genius the Division of Labor Style Thief Fashion Episode #226: How Batching and B...
Mar 04, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast A few weeks ago, I invited Jenna and Angela from our beloved Office Ladies Podcast to join me for Office Hours so we could Lazy Genius something real from their lives together. Y’all loved that episode so much. I got countless DMs asking if the baskets were working for Angela and how Jenna was holding up with school email. Well, I thought it would be great for all of us to hear from them directly. Here’s a bonus follow-up episode to last month’s Office Hours with the Office Ladies. Helpful Compa...
Mar 01, 2024•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Office Hours episodes happen once a quarter, and in them, I help you Lazy Genius your life! I take questions from Instagram and answer them here on the podcast, helping you see how to use the 13 Lazy Genius principles, the five-step Lazy Genius method, and any other Lazy Geniusisms that might help make your situation a little easier. As I usually do in Office Hours episodes, the first half will be non-kid questions and the second half will be kid. That way if you don’t have kids, you can know wh...
Feb 26, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast There’s nothing wrong with starting a project and not finishing it or living with many projects in various states of completion. This episode is simply a path for you to follow if not finishing a project is getting on your nerves enough to change it, if it’s affecting your quality of life. Helpful Companion Links Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. This podcast i...
Feb 19, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jenna and Angela are here! This very special episode celebrates The Lazy Genius Podcast being the first show to join the Office Ladies Network! As you may know, we do Office Hour type episodes a few times a year, where I Lazy Genius questions from listeners. Today, we’re Lazy Geniusing things for Jenna and Angela, and I’m so excited for you to hear our conversation. Helpful Companion Links Learn more about the Office Ladies More Office Hour episodes: #315; #327; #338 Follow @thelazygenius on Ins...
Feb 12, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let’s make one thing clear right off the bat. You can Lazy Genius your whole life, but you can’t do it all at once. But it is possible and even something I’d encourage you to pursue. Living with this mindset is a lifelong gift, so let’s jump into how to Lazy Genius your whole life. Helpful Companion Links Episode #255: How to Name What Matters Episode #323: How to Lazy Genius a Big Change Episode #297: 5 Steps for More Ease at Work Episode #244: How to Choose the Right Lazy Genius Principle for ...
Feb 05, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast I shared some of these words last January, and I need the reminder just as much as anyone, so we’re going to look at them again. Helpful Companion Links Office Ladies Podcast Episode #348: Why Habits Don’t Demand Perfection with James Clear Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or 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 F...
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