Hey 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.

You guys, it is the last episode of 2021 and it's awesome a birthday today and not just

any birthday. You guys today, I turn 40. 40. Okay, so since my birthday is at the end of

a year, right? On December 27th, this year 2021 has pretty much been my 40th year in its

entirety. Now back in January, in episode 193, I shared seven things I wanted to do this year

in my 40th year and today I'm going to share an update. The serial box version is Drum

Roll Please. I only did one of the seven. One. And that one was quite generic as you'll

soon hear. But even as I reflect on that list of seven things and why they did not happen

in the way I imagined they would happen, I have learned even more about myself and how I operate

in the world. What I learned from not completing the list might actually be better than completing

the list. If you were to listen to episode 193, you'll hear me say that the whole reason

I wanted to approach this past year with this list with intention was because I didn't

want to get rusty at self awareness. I wanted to stay focused on who I am, what I need,

how I love, what makes me happy, what I can do to contribute to the happiness and well

being of other people. The whole point was to continually reflect on who I am in the

world and how the most core wholehearted version of myself can help make that world better.

Paying attention to why these seven things didn't happen the way I thought it actually

helps me do that. Okay. Last year, the two big things, the big undercurrents that I wanted

to pay specific attention to that mattered to me personally, not my family, not my work

necessarily, but to me personally. We're honoring my body and whatever ways it needed and

finding joy for myself and or offering it to others. Now, after 2020, we thought 2021

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