Hi 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.

Today is episode 347. How to know what brings you joy. This episode releases on Monday

January 1st, 2024. Oh my goodness when the first day of the year falls on a Monday that is a vibe isn't it?

You are all well practiced and optimization and starting over with new goals and

getting things done for that January 1st energy.

And if you've been here for even a little while, you also have relaxed around those words,

recognizing that optimization and productivity

they are not our primary goals.

We want to live our lives well, not just get the most done in the quickest amount of time.

We are focusing on being wholehearted people who love well, who seek kindness, who name what matters to us, and who then seek after getting stuff done with all of that in mind.

Over the years of this podcast,

we've simply been tweaking the order of how we live,

starting with who we are today,

not necessarily who we wish to be in the future.

That's why on this first day of the year I don't want to

talk about goals and habits and starting a new year. All three of those things are actually quite

valuable and a normal part of our lives. We'll even talk about some of them over the next few weeks.

Today, however, I want to start somewhere else. I want us to start with what brings you joy,

because joy matters, right? Living a good life isn't about

reaching peak optimization or doing a bunch of things, even valuable things that you

love. I think here in this space we want to be people who are alive as ourselves

wherever we are no matter what is happening around us. Our circumstances and to-do lists don't run the show. In fact, there is no show. This isn't

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