#159 - The Magic of Closing Ceremonies
The Lazy Genius Podcast
Kendra Adachi
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
It can feel like our closing ceremonies are shot because of how things are within the setting of a pandemic, and that’s a very real thing. I’ve said it several times in episodes about a variety of topics, but there’s a lot to grieve right now. But here’s an important thing to remember: the magic of a closing ceremony isn’t really about what you do but that you just do something.
Stuff Mentioned
- Want a refresher on opening and closing ceremonies? Start here: Plan Your Opening Ceremony (119), The Lazy Genius Welcomes Fall (70), and The Lazy Genius Conquers Holiday Overwhelm (36).
- Sarah MacKenzie at Read Aloud Revival can help you incorporate a read-aloud rhythm in your family.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, you're listening to the Lazy Genius podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter |
| 0:10.4 | and lazy about the things that don't. |
| 0:13.3 | Today's episode 159, Closing Ceremony Magic. |
| 0:18.9 | I've talked about opening and closing ceremonies a couple of times now on the podcast and we'll |
| 0:23.5 | definitely put some links in the show notes to those episodes if you're interested in |
| 0:27.5 | deep diving the idea. |
| 0:29.2 | And today we're going to talk about the magic of closing ceremonies in particular. |
| 0:33.8 | The idea here is to simply mark the end of something with intention. |
| 0:39.3 | This idea initially came to me a few years ago after a busy holiday season, which I suppose |
| 0:44.1 | they all kind of are. |
| 0:45.6 | When I looked back over those holiday weeks, everything was a meabic, like smushed together. |
| 0:52.5 | There was no distinction in my brain between Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas. |
| 0:57.1 | It was just one big blur of busy. |
| 0:59.8 | So I started marking the endings and beginnings of the actual holidays, not just the bigger |
| 1:06.2 | holiday season. |
| 1:08.1 | When I realized how valuable that practice was for me and my family, we started having |
| 1:12.6 | closing ceremonies for the end of school and then the end of summer and then things unrelated |
| 1:17.4 | to holidays and seasons, like finishing writing my book. |
| 1:22.0 | So we are in a time now where we're ready to close something out. |
| 1:27.8 | It's time, right? |
| 1:29.8 | Closing ceremonies, they're more or less part of the vocabulary around here in Las Vegas |
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