Hey there! You are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I am 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 289. How to Lazy Genius Holiday Expectations. This Thursday is American

Thanksgiving and we're coming up on a season of lots of holidays and with those holidays

come many, many expectations. You have them, your kids have them, your parents have them,

your boss has them, the internet has them, it's a whole vibe. So today we are going to talk

about how to be a lazy genius about the holiday expectations you will encounter from others

and from within yourself. So why does this matter? I would say because pretty much every single

argument or frustration or disappointment you have ever had centers on unmet expectations.

Are you mad at your kid for not cleaning his room? It's because you expected him to do

it and he didn't. Are you mad at your partner for not hoping you clean up after the dinner

that you made? It's because you expected them to and they didn't. Are you mad at the

weather for raining out your literal holiday parade? It's because you expected to have

a good time and you didn't. Everything comes down to expectations. So it's really important

to name that that exists right going into the season. Now listen, even as I say this,

I don't want you to think that you're about to listen to like some downer of an episode.

I can kind of hear the trajectory already of my words and I can feel the sadness creeping

in. When I was a kid, my mom called me EOR. That was my nickname because to me everything

was like the worst. You know, I was very much like thanks for noticing me kind of kid.

And while I actually genuinely adore EOR and I need someone actually to make me like

a justice for EOR t-shirt, that would be great. I also want to say that this is not a solely

EOR episode, you know? There's like a little, there's a little nervous pig, pig lit energy

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