Hi there! 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 238. How to get stuff done when you don't feel like it. How real is this episode, y'all?

The number of times I have to do stuff I don't want to do is a very high number and it is part of life.

I think it's important to name what we can be a genius about and what we can be lazy about but some things like paying bills, we can't just drop off our task list.

There are things we have to do that we don't love doing and we still have to make time for them.

So how do we do that while still being lazy geniuses? That's what this episode is all about and we're going to make it as linear as possible.

So let's start with the problem. Start with the thing you don't want to do. You're sitting on your couch or driving home from work or driving to work or lying in bed trying to find the momentum to get up.

That happens to me this morning and there is something on your mind you don't want to do.

There is something that's keeping you from moving forward because you just don't want to do it.

As we walk through this process of getting stuff done when you don't feel like it, I'm going to use the personal example of paying bills you can use whatever you would like.

I hate paying bills. There is something about it that breaks my brain so that's where I'm going to start.

I will walk to the mailbox, grab the pile of mail inside. I will find a bill and then I am reminded that I need to pay bills.

Then I grow and complain and I walk slower and I roll my eyes and I feel like my whole afternoon is ruined because I have to pay bills.

Now I am pretty sure you do not have to work hard to imagine your own similar scenario about something you don't want to do.

So here is your first question in that kind of moment.

Do I have to do this now? Do I have to do this now?

We get in the habit of responding to the urgent right away, but some things are not quite as urgent as we think they are.

Now if I am going through mail that we have gotten over the last couple of weeks and I find a bill that is due literally today, much like what just happened with an email I got from my credit card company, being like, hey Kendra, you're great but you need to pay us today or we're going to get real mad.

If you are hit with something that you don't want to do, there are definitely times when the answer to do I have to do this now is yes.

Like you do have to do this now. Thank you. If the answer is yes, just go ahead and do it.

You know, paying overdue bills, cleaning up an accident in the bathroom where a kid had really bad aim, feeding yourself or your family because at six o'clock and everyone is melting down and hungry, those are the kinds of things that do need immediate attention.

Now you could absolutely ignore them, but the aftermath of that decision is way worse than just doing the thing now.

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