Hello, you are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I am Kendra Adachi. 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 266. How to Lazy Genius a Summer at the Pool?

I try not to do too many episodes that are not relevant to everyone in some form, so I'm sorry if you don't ever go to a pool or you live in another hemisphere where it's winter right now and a pool is the last thing from your mind.

If you have no desire or opportunity to be a pool person, hello, I have two things to offer.

One, if you'd like to still listen to an episode of some sort, sometimes it can be fun to hear how lazy genius principles can be applied to things not in your life because they spark ideas for what you are actually experiencing.

It's like cross-training, kind of, before your brain, right?

Two, if you're like, no, I don't want to listen to this episode, but I do want to listen to an episode. Maybe scroll back in your podcast app to this time last year.

The episodes in late May were 209, how to keep your surfaces clear, 210, how to Lazy Genius kids screen time, 211, how to play in a summer day, 212, a guide to summer house rules, and 213 create a summer reading club.

Maybe something in there sparks a little curiosity and fits this time of year for the majority of our listeners but isn't pool related.

Okay, let's jump into lazy geniusing a day at the pool.

First, there is a different strategy when you're visiting the pool once or twice versus going to the pool again and again.

If you're going as a guest, you pack your bag with thousands, nacks and whatever you or your kids need for the day, you go, you have fun and you come home.

One off experiences are generally a little more forgiving. It's the repeated ones that can be a bit frustrating.

So this episode is going to be focused on spending multiple days a week or basically spending the summer at the pool.

There will be some great tips for people who only go once or twice or maybe go to the beach or the lake or just summer outings in general.

But the focus here is going to be the pool again and again.

Now, full disclosure, this is only our family's second summer being members out of pool.

We go to this sweet member-owned pool where a bunch of our friends and family go even though our literal neighborhood pool.

There is a pool down the street from our house but we go to a different one.

One of the biggest things about going to a pool is having friends there and you can make friends for sure and often do.

But last summer when we were considering joining a pool, it was either the convenience of the neighborhood pool or the existing friendships with some dear people in our lives at a different pool.

And we picked the pool that had our people and we have never looked back.

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