Hey there, you're 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 292. How to enjoy the last two weeks of the

year. We have done so much work these last few weeks of figuring out how to

manage our expectations and our holiday home and our time and our tasks and all

the things. I hope you have felt some comfort and help in learning to manage,

but we don't want to just manage all the time. We want to enjoy our life and

this time of year is one where you might actually have margin to do that. So

that's what this episode is. We are going to move from management to

enjoyment and do it the lazy genius way. So what is different about the last two

weeks of the year, the week before and the week after Christmas? Why is the

energy there consistently different from the rest of the month of December?

Now you intuitively know this, but maybe you haven't named it yet and we

know that naming things is so helpful. The first two weeks of December are very

preparatory, right? Things are beginning, decorations, gift buying, the

planning of the calendars, committing to certain things, saying no to certain

things, finally getting dates for the kids Christmas play, lots of pieces and

parts, right? And even though it feels like a lot, I think that putting

preparatory energy into those first two weeks of December, it really pays off

later. That's why we've been doing all these preparation episodes the last

little while. So you'll feel more ready and on top of things that matter to you.

But then ultimately the second half of December is when things slow down from a

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