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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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 when to tap out and use your time on something else!

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

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.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

It?s the smackdab middle of January, and we all know about the January Feelings. Since many of those feelings tend to be big and expansive and beyond, I want to bring us in today. I want us to think about small things, small changes, small steps that can have a big impact.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I?m no stranger to self-help books. Most of them have left me wanting, leaving me feeling like I?ve been given more to do. But when I read Atomic Habits by James Clear in early 2019, I remember thinking it was the best self-help book I had ever read. It?s no surprise that it?s sold 15 million copies since it debuted. And I?m delighted to have James on the show today to talk about habits and how we can approach them as Lazy Geniuses.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Over the years of this podcast, we?ve simply been tweaking the order of how we live, starting with who we are today, not who we wish to be in the future.

That?s why on this first day of the year, I don?t want to talk about goals and habits and starting a new year. All three of those things are actually quite valuable and a normal part of our lives, and we?ll even talk about some of them over the next few weeks. Today, however, I want to start somewhere else. I want us to start with what brings you joy.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Yearly recaps are the most fun, aren?t they? I love seeing people?s reading lists and favorite things and all of the end of year reflections that happen. I hope you?re taking some time to make some kind of list of your own.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

For some of you listening, you?re close to entering a longer breaker from regular life. The winter holidays are upon us, Christmas is one week away, New Year?s two weeks, and there is a lot of activity but also a lot of downtime, sometimes more than we realize. Today, let?s talk about how to approach it.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Today, we're doing something a little different. Kelly Corrigan, host of PBS's Tell Me More and the podcast Kelly Corrigan Wonders, is here to pull back the veil on some of the things that make me tick. We're talking about the real heart behind the Lazy Genius and how it can help you combat some of the end-of-the-year energy, plus what celebrity I'd be friends with and what live performance changed both of our lives.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I love doing these episodes once a quarter where I share the things that are saving my life right now, things that are bringing me joy, making life easier, helping me feel calmer? the sky is the limit, and I love them.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

December is a unique month, and therefore, you need to approach that month and your long to-do list in a way that feels kind and human and grounded and like yourself. But also where you get it all done, at least all the things that matter.

I share this episode with Kind Big Sister Energy, meaning I think this works, and I think it could work for you, but as with anything I ever say, do what works for you. If this doesn?t, don?t do it.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

So we?ve tried to make the rest of 2023 easier, but even when we have a better understanding of what is going on, it can still be hard to get stuff done. When the rubber meets the road, it?s common to feel like we?re stalling out.

Today?s episode is like learning a language. I want to share some broader perspectives on getting your stuff done so that you can orient yourself better in your daily life. And of course there are some practical tips in here, too, have no fear. Let?s jump in.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

In this episode, I?m going to share ten things, and these things make gift wrapping easier, more enjoyable, more fun, and in some ways more meaningful than if I didn?t have these things. So if you love wrapping, hate wrapping, or are somewhere in between, I think this list will offer some good help wherever you are.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I am legitimately so excited about this episode, and I know you are too. This type of episode from last year is still our most downloaded episode, and I think this one is going to be even more helpful than last year?s.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

We do these episodes about once a quarter where I answer your questions in more detail than I?m able to in an Instagram Ask-Me-Anything and more public than I might be able to in a DM. The idea here is to practice Lazy Geniusing situations together so that you can feel more equipped to do it on your own.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I get asked about how to split the work load at home fairly often, especially in Instagram AMAs. I?m glad we get the chance to dive deep into it today.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Y?all know I love an episode about reading, so I?m pumped about this. Audiobooks are one of my favorite ways to read, but that?s a recent development.

As a new-ish convert, I?m really excited to help you figure out your relationship with audiobooks and how to Lazy Genius them in your own life, whatever that means for you.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Today, we?re getting more practical. I?m going to share seven ways to manage daily chaos, and while you could apply one of these on its own, these seven things are super helpful in order as a series of steps.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I am aware of the irony of using the word ?relaxing? when it comes to a home routine, especially during this time of year which tends to be on the busier side. However, I?m into it. It?s more about having enough of a structure to call it a routine but with a perspective that helps us relax around what we?re actually doing.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Today, I?m going to share 7 ways to always know what to wear. You can pick one, or you can pick all seven. Either way, you?re going to leave with more calm and hopefully even more excitement about the daily act of putting on clothes.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I?m really excited about this topic because it is something every single person likely struggles with. The evening especially feels like time that we can use however we want. It?s not dictated by someone else, and that freedom often leaves us flailing. It?s so precious and valuable, and you want to make the most of it. How do you do that? That?s our episode today.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I don?t need to tell you that life is full and sometimes overwhelming and we need things that offer sparkle and light. Every quarter, I share my list and encourage you to make your own. Let?s get started.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

When you are transitioning from one season to another - like from summer to school or school to summer, from this job to that job, from being in a relationship to being single or being single to being in a relationship, from pre-diagnosis to treatment for the diagnosis - the time right before that transition often feels like the hardest. You don?t know exactly what?s coming, and you want to prepare as much as possible.

Whatever your particular color of that energy is, I hope that this episode gives you some permission and some practical tools to handle your own busy season.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

It is likely a time of transition in your life. We are going into a new season, fall is coming, school has started, and all of this impacts our energy and schedules no matter what our lives look like and who, if anyone, lives with us in our homes.

But you know what doesn?t change? Dinner. Dinner does not change.

This week, I?m joined by the happiest cooking teacher on the internet, Bri McKoy, to talk about 10 things to do when you don?t want to cook.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

When we reflect on things from the past that have meant something to us, it?s good for us. It?s fun! And since books are fairly universal as a thing people love, I?m sharing my 10 most memorable books. They?re not necessarily my favorites, although some are, but these are books that I remember where I read them, how they made me feel, what they were about, and I still think of them often.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

I did not anticipate recording this episode, but after this week?s Office Hours episode where I answered your questions, I realized that this particular question needed a mini episode all its own. It was the most frequently asked question in the Instagram post, and that makes sense. It?s early-mid August, and school is about to start. School lunches are a whole thing.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

This is the second episode of this type where I take questions you asked on Instagram and answer them on the podcast. We?ve got a handful of great ones today!

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

This is the time of year when we start hearing a lot of buzz about transitioning to fall. If transitioning to fall is all the buzz, a morning routine is for sure the buzzword. But morning routines don?t have to be a checklist to follow or a pass/fail assignment that determines the outcome of your day. Let?s talk about how to Magic Question your mornings.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

We all have situations where we disagree with someone on how something should be done, and we have to deal with that. We have to figure out how to move forward, navigate any relational issues emotionally, and still get the thing done! This episode is if the episodes When You Disagree on What Matters and How to Pivot Around Any Obstacle had a very practical baby.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

The middle of seasons can be tricky in that you?re in multiple places at once. So let?s talk about how to take that energy and massage it out a bit, making the rest of the summer easier. And we?re going to do that with a mid-season check-in.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

One of the most common questions I get is how to Lazy Genius some kind of big change. A new city, job, kid, or relationship. Leaving a career, a friend group, or a religion. Losing a spouse, parent, or the connection with your kid now that they?re a teenager. The reason I?ve never done an episode like this and why it?s hard to answer questions about big changes in DMs and emails is because there?s not a simple answer.

So here?s what we?re going to do today. First, I?m going to share four principles of a big change that I want you to remember. Second, I?m going to give you two questions to help you create some understanding around your big change. And third, I?m going to give you two choices you could make after you answer those questions.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

What do you do with those little pockets of time between appointments or meetings or pickups and dropoffs? Our time feels out of whack somehow, and there are these random pockets that don?t feel good for much of anything, and because we don?t approach them intentionally, they feel wasted, and then we feel bad about it. So let?s talk about how to approach that time.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

It?s very likely all have felt this to varying degrees in varying seasons of our lives. One Sunday can feel fine, and the next we feel like everything might catch on fire. So here?s what I?d like to offer. I want to give you a helpful plan for neutralizing the Sunday Scaries.

We?ll start with a three-step calming practice then I?ll give you seven things you could do to make Sundays less scary.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Free time is time that is free of responsibilities, obligations, and being beholden to someone else?s needs, wants, or whims. If that?s the case, free time sounds absolutely lovely. But free time, for women especially, comes with a slew of problems, namely guilt in having it and fear of wasting it. So today, we?re going to talk about how to reframe free time and feel good about it.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

It?s already the middle of June, but there are still a solid eight weeks left of summer reading, and if you?re still on library hold lists for new releases or had great intentions about summer reading and have watched it fall to the wayside because you didn?t have a great book in hand, hopefully this episode will help!

I?ve compiled a list of 21 books I?ve read over the past six summers, and they all feel like summer books. And they?re all backlist titles, so it shouldn?t be hard getting them immediately at the library or even at a used bookstore for cheap. They?re easy to find.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Today, I'm joined by my sister, Hannah, for our seasonal Lazy Sisters episode. You'll hear our list of how to improve your summer, aka how to bring Chuck Norris energy. It was an AI generated title that made us laugh, so here we are. The title is ridiculous; the list is not.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Summer is here, and summer food is a bit different than food in other seasons. There are a lot of things that can impact the way we eat in the summer. Today, I want to get specific about the 10 foods I?m stocking this summer.

These are foods that will be a huge part of making summer cooking and eating easier. Ultimately, I hope it helps you see that having a list of your own would be good and what could be on it.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

You might be itching to get into your carefully planned summer routines, or maybe you know you want some but haven?t thought about what they are yet.

Regardless of where you are, you want your routines to work! You want them to stick and do what they?re supposed to do! Today, I want to share with you the 5 steps to get to a routine that actually works.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Because of our wonky expectations about this supposedly magical season, we all have unmet expectations. There will be times when you don?t deal with them super well. So in today?s episode, let?s figure out how to not bummer our summer.

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.

Today is a very exciting episode, the first of its kind and hopefully not the last! One of my favorite things about this job is helping you all Lazy Genius your problems. It is always the most fun, the most gratifying, the most connective thing. So we?re going to bring that to the podcast in an Office Hours episode!

This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey.