Speaker 1
You can make it a house rule and everybody fix their own socks. That's why I love house rules. Make them specific, clear, and kind. Yes you will have to say them over and over and over again. But the point is not to not say them. The point is to make them available to everyone. You're not saying them as an enforcer of some like random thing just for today where you're annoyed and being reactive. Instead you're saying it as an agreed-upon rule that is for everyone in the family. You're part of that too and you're just a reminder. It just feels less gross that way and I just think people don't respond to it in the same ways if you're being naggy. House rules aren't naggy. So look at your holiday home and notice if there are patterns or piles that cause you consistent frustration. Maybe a house rule could help. Our final principle for your holiday home, build the right routine. Now I love routines and most of us have more than we realize. Like there are things that you do kind of in a certain order at the same general time every day and if you don't do them the day feels off. Right now a beautiful goal of a lazy genius is to slowly and I'm talking aggressively slowly build a routine over time. If you try and do it all at once or you make it like a big to-do list thing I think it will just have a harder time sticking and therefore it will not make an impact and you'll just be annoyed at yourself. Also something that's really important about a lazy genius routine is that it's more about the destination than the actual like path to get there. It's more about where the routine is taking you. So a morning routine it helps you ease into the productivity of the day and after work routine is to help you transition from one mode to another in a kind way and after noon routine for your kids is to help them transition from one mode to another in a kind way. The pieces and parts of that routine they're important sure but if you think of the routine as an on-ramp or an off-ramp to a particular feeling or experience or intention the pieces and parts hold less power and therefore aren't as actively required you can skip parts and not lose the power of the routine. And isn't that the frustrating thing about the routine as we think if we skip apart then it's toast that's not correct. So how does that work for managing your home?