The Lazy Genius Podcast

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#403 - How I Get Stuff Done When I Don’t Feel Like It Feb 03, 2025

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This is a universal problem. All of us have stuff we have to do and we just don’t feel like doing it. So either we don’t do it and get behind or we do it but with much reluctance. Neither option is fun. So today, I’m sharing ten things that help me get my stuff when I don’t feel like it.

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Episode #238: How to Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Feel Like It
Episode #341: The Real Reason It’s Hard to Get Stuff Done
Episode #21: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry(see also: Episode #113: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry Updated!)
Episode #51: The Lazy Genius Cleans the Bathroom
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#402 - Office Hours Jan 27, 2025

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Y’all are super familiar with this episode by now, but I’m going to take some of your questions from Instagram and Lazy Genius them. I will say that any time we do these episodes, the answers in the post are so good. Some I don’t even answer because y’all do such a great job of answering each other’s, all with a compassionate Lazy Genius lens. So after you listen to this, don’t hesitate to scroll through past Office Hours Instagram posts @thelazygenius because they are quite excellent.

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Past Office Hours episodes: #315 - Office Hours, #354 - Office Hours with Kendra, #327 - Lazy Genius Office Hours, #377 - Office Hours, #352 - Office Hours with the Office Ladies
Past Office Hours Instagram posts here, here, here, and here.
Episode #334: How to Create a Relaxing Home Routine
Episode #254: Chores I Do Every Day
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#401 - How to Live in Your Season (Without Resenting It) Jan 20, 2025

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Live in your season is one of the thirteen Lazy Genius principles I write about in my first book, The Lazy Genius Way, and fun fact: it was the hardest chapter to write. Even though I talk about contentment in that chapter, a theme we now cover quite often, I was still hanging on to the greatness train by my fingertips.

In this episode, I’m going to share a few highlights about what it means to live in your season since we can always use a reminder, and I’m going to share how that personally looks in my own life years after releasing that first book.

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#400 - How to Feel Satisfied with Your Celebrations Jan 13, 2025

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Celebrations are strangely complicated. Sometimes we shy away from them, especially if we’re celebrating something about ourselves. Other times we have them but feel pressure to celebrate a certain way, to make everything as sparkly and memorable as possible. I’m not promising that you’ll never feel disappointed with your celebrations again, but I do think there’s a lot of room to feel greater satisfaction when we mark our moments.

Side note: This our 400th episode!! Kind of fun to talk about celebrating on the 400th episode. 🎉

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Past episodes that are celebration-adjacent: #195 - Creating Your Own Holiday When There’s Nothing to Look Forward To, #119 - Plan Your Opening Ceremony, #159 - The Magic of Closing Ceremonies, #294 - How to Celebrate Your Own Birthday
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#399 - It’s a New Year… Let’s Name What’s Working Jan 06, 2025

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The beginning of the year or the beginning of anything often has us rethinking our routines and rhythms and systems and choices to see if there’s anything we want to change. Before you start to put on your problem-solving glasses, utilizing that new year energy to make everything fresh and ready to begin, let’s name what’s working. I have three rules, three questions, and three categories to help you think this through.

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Episode #349: 10 Small Changes I’m Glad I Made
Episode #366: Twenty Helpful Decisions I Keep Repeating
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#398 - 5 Things to Remember Before January Begins Dec 30, 2024

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We are right in the middle of this sometimes blissful, sometimes annoying, sometimes deeply ordinary week between Christmas and New Years. Since 2025 starts the day after tomorrow, let’s spend a short time together remembering a few things.

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#397 - My Favorite Things of 2024 Dec 23, 2024

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I cannot tell you how excited I am about this episode. I’ve been keeping a note on my phone all year of my favorite discoveries and moments and just random stuff I want to remember.

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Honey Lip Balm in a little honey pot jar
Sanditon on Masterpiece//PBS
Jamie B. Golden on Instagram
Shark HD430 FlexStyle Hairdryer
Abby Jimenez, the author
Austin Leather Swivel Armchair from West Elm
Andrew Garfield’s Chicken Shop Date
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#396 - What’s on My Someday List Dec 16, 2024

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I talk about the concept of The Someday List in my most recent book, The PLAN, and it’s something I came up with as a reframe of goals and dreams. Instead of changing my thinking in order to make goals and dreams work or ignoring them altogether, I changed the phrasing and posture to more fully align with how I personally view my life and time. And that reframe is The Someday List.

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#395 - How to Finish Last Minute Lists Dec 09, 2024

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December loves last minute lists, and they never seem to end. I’ve got some ideas for you to finish your last minute list without losing your mind.

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#394 - 5 Ways to Feel Grounded in a Busy Month Dec 02, 2024

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Finding balance is actually a major drain on our energy and calm and contentment. What we really want is to feel grounded, whether that’s in a busy month like December or honestly just any time at all.