Hi there! You're 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 193. What I want to do in my 40th year. I have

a late December birthday so in about a year I'll turn 40, which means I'm

currently living my 40th year. It also happens to be 2021. A year that holds

so much hope for me personally. This is a year I want to pay attention in ways I

have never paid attention to a year before. So in today's episode I want to share

some things that I want to do in my 40th year and why that is and maybe even give

you a framework for seeing this next year with more intentional eyes. Whether

you are turning 40 or not. First why? Why does caring about this particular year

and what it holds matter to me so much? Because if I don't have a clear reason of

why something matters trying to follow through on it it won't work ever. We have

to know what matters and why. Why we're doing things in order to do anything with

purpose and enjoyment. If you are new around here that is the whole thing about

being a lazy genius. In order to be a genius about the things that matter you need

to know what matters. In order to have the space for that to have the space for

what matters you need to know what doesn't matter so you can be lazy about it

maybe even get rid of it. So why do I want to be a genius about how I spend my

time in 2021 and my 40th year? Have you ever gotten rusty at something? Of course

you have. We you know you're good at something you do it regularly and then

when you stop you get rusty. You get out of rhythm or you lose some technique or

you forget how much you liked the thing simply because you stopped doing it for a

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