Hey there! Good 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 186, a pep talk or not knowing. I am weary

from all the not knowing. I'm weary from this last Thanksgiving weekend that

looked nothing like it ever has. I'm weary from months of living in what feels

like a time loop with no end in sight. I'm weary of wondering if my kids are

gonna go back to school the first week of January like they're supposed to. I'm

weary of a contested election and all that it is requiring of us as a country

and in our personal relationships. I'm weary wondering if I'm gonna get this

second book written in this ridiculous 10 week timeline when everything

around me feels uncertain. I'm even weary of not knowing whether or not we're

really gonna have an actual college of basketball season which is one of the

delights of my life. There's just so much we don't know. So today on this Monday

after Thanksgiving and this final day of November and side note my middle

sons, ninth birthday, happy birthday Ben. I think we could all use a short little

pep talk and a way to start small with all of this not knowing. So first, what do

we know? What do we know if we're worried if we're in this place of like not

knowing what what do we know? My list of what I don't know and what's

overwhelming me because of what I don't know is so long that sometimes it's all

I can see. The small but mighty move to counteract that is to name one thing. I do

know and then maybe another and another. I remember hearing Oprah talk about

that all those years ago, you know, like what do you know to be true? Truth is an

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