Hello everyone, you are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast.

I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter

and lazy about the things that don't.

Today is episode 182, loving people you disagree with.

So if you're listening to this on the Monday, it comes out.

Tomorrow is Election Day.

And I don't think anyone would argue that it's a pretty tense situation in our country.

There is a lot of division, confusion, hurt feelings, and we all kind of just want it

to be over.

I cannot remember an election in my lifetime that was this contentious and would leave so

many people devastated no matter the result.

It's just a lot, right?

And you are a unicorn if you do not know and love someone who is voting differently than

you are.

Or maybe you're a different kind of unicorn and you're the only one in your family or

your friend group voting a certain way and are really scared to even say that out loud

for fear of being attacked or rejected or just seen differently at all.

We're all really tender right now, myself included.

And to top it all off in terms of timing, we're about to enter the most family-friend-centric

two months of the year with all of the winter holidays.

So I think it's time for a little conversation on loving people you disagree with.

First off, a couple of quick recent resources that have given me personally a lot of hope

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