The Lazy Genius Podcast

We have a lot of things we’re managing right now, and the one thing that never goes anywhere, no matter our season or stage of life, is food. We have to eat, you guys. So in light of all of the things that take up our time in the evenings this season, how do we cook dinner? How do we make sure everybody eats when we never seem to be home at actual dinner time or even at the same time? Let’s Lazy Genius it.   Helpful Companion Links The Holiday Docket: The Lazy Genius Guide to Celebrating Well Last week’s episode on fall time - episode #278: How to Manage Your Time this Fall Episode #121: How to Build a Fall Dinner Queue Episode #276: How to Pack Lunch for Work My pal Anna Sale’s podcast Death, Sex, and Money Episode #225: The Shoe Episode Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Learn how to manage your time this fall with The Lazy Genius Way. Discover the five steps of lazy geniusing, how to identify priorities, and make better decisions. Explore the importance of therapy, essentializing, and letting go. Get a step-by-step guide on managing time for the fall season and hear a proud lazy genius moment of tackling multiple kid birthday parties.

Today, I want to give us a bigger picture of what we expect from our friendships, and then after the break, I’ll share a couple of friendship principles along with your ideas on how to connect more regularly. Helpful Companion Links Episode 275: What’s Saving My Life Laura Tremaine’s Instagram account My friendship post on Instagram Episode 276: How to Pack Lunch for Work Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I’m excited about this episode because when I went looking for grownup lunch help, I found very little that would work for a variety of people. Most solutions start from the wrong place, so today we’re going to Lazy Genius this. We’re going to go in the right order, which is a Lazy Genius principle, and we’re going to figure out how to pack lunch for work in a way that supports each person individually and what matters to them. Helpful Companion Links Episode #238: How to Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Feel Like It The Lazy Genius Kitchen The Chickpea Bowl Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I love doing these episodes because they are a reminder for me as I create them and you as you listen to them that we can always pay attention to what’s saving our lives. What’s giving us joy and hope and rest and fun? It’s easy to survive every day or focus on what’s productive, but we also want to notice, maybe even way more so so, the things that make life really really good. So today, I’ll share mine. Helpful Companion Links Previous What’s Saving My Life Right Now episodes: #251 (February 2022), #236 (November 2021), #203 (March 2021) Stranger Things The Trespasser by Tana French Eufy Robot Vacuum Sherry from Young House Love Get the Latest Lazy Letter Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember back in episode 200 where we did the Lazy Genius starter pack and listed 20 of the best episodes that will impact your life right away? This is that but for going back to school. If you don’t have kids or aren’t in education, you might not be super into this episode, but there might be a few helpful things in the realm of seasonal transitions so there you go. Let’s do this. Helpful Companion Links Episode #200: The Lazy Genius Starter Kit Episode #221: Get Your Back-to-School Life Together Episode #168: How to Go Back to School Episode #223: The Lazy Genius Gets Out the Door Episode #225: The Shoe Episode Episode #226: How Batching and Bags Can Get You Out the Door Episode #123: The Lazy Genius After School Routine Episode #246: 5 Essential Mindsets for Time Management Episode #177: The Lazy Genius Plans a Day Episode #124: The Lazy Genius Weekly Plan Episode #173: What is Your List-Making Personality? Episode #121: How to Build a Fall Dinner Queue Episode #174: Try a Meal Formula this Fall Episode #54: The Lazy Genius Makes Soup The Lazy Genius Kitchen Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The summer-to-fall transition can feel murky, especially if you have kids or work in education. There’s not a clean mark between the end of this and the start of that. Which means it feels like we’re neither beginning nor ending anything. We are not crossing finish lines or hearing starting guns. We’re just running around like headless chickens. Let’s talk about how to finish summer in this super short little summer episode. Helpful Companion Links Emily P. Freeman on finishing regular An Instagram recap on my brain dump method The Next Right Thing Guided Journal (by our beloved EPF) Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s bonus episode day! Today, I’m chatting with routine expert Ashley Brown about transitioning your routines from one season to another. I love Ashley’s no-nonsense, yet kind approach to routines, and I hope you will, too!Helpful Companion LinksFind Ashley online at routineandthings.com and on Instagram @routineandthings This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I haven’t talked about opening and closing ceremonies (or what I now have shortened and broadened to seasonal ceremonies) in a while. Even though a lot of you are familiar with them, we haven’t done a full-on episode about them before if you can believe it! Plus, I love this idea of a new name that will broaden our definition a little. Helpful Companion Links Episode #119: Plan Your Opening Ceremony Episode #187: Rethinking Opening Ceremonies Episode #159: The Magic of Closing Ceremonies Download a transcript of this episode.   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yeah, we need to fix dinner, as in make it. But also summer dinners feel a little broken, especially around July, so we’re going to fix them that way, too! I love a pun. Helpful Companion Links Hang out with me on Instagram @thelazygenius Bri McKoy’s Cooks Club Episode #97: One Simple Step that Changes Meal Planning Forever My Summer Meal Formula (from 2021) Download a transcript of this episode   This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices