Hello and welcome 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 257, the Lazy Genius Guide to Work Life Balance. I

don't remember the exact stat from our most recent listener survey, but right

around half of you work full-time doing something other than parenting because

I wanted to say PS, parenting is a still a full-time job. You just don't get paid

for it, but so many of you have paid jobs and are trying to balance life and work.

And as a fellow working parent, I stand in solidarity with you that it is

super hard and I personally have it easier because I'm the boss of my own work

and I can make adjustments that suit my needs more than a lot of people can and

it's still really hard. So if you have a nine to five or a seven to four, if

you're a teacher or if you have kind of an irregular work schedule because you're

a doctor or a nurse or you do something where you're on call for longer shifts,

trying to be a person at work and at home is a tremendous challenge. There is

just so much to do, so much to manage. And you also want to rest and hang out

with friends and do hobbies and have fun. So today I want to share some thoughts

about how to live when you work all the time. And we are going to start with a

little bit of perspective. There is not a magical formula that achieves

perfect balance between life and work. There's just not. You're not missing

something. I think we all feel that way, right? You're not the lone person

trying to solve problems that everyone else has figured out. If there was a

singular fix to having a well-balanced life that incorporates both work and

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