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 350, starting fresh

when you can't start over.

We've spent the last few episodes trying to be lazy geniuses

about January.

This time of year is when potential and hustle and goals and new year, new you energy is at an all-time high.

None of that energy is inherently bad. Sometimes it's helpful, even necessary. But that is true only if you

are living like a lazy genius, if you're naming what matters to you and

making decisions from that. We'll get into that more later in the episode.

As a reminder, we've already talked about finding what brings you joy.

I talked to James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, about how habits don't actually have to demand

perfection like we sometimes think they do. And then a couple of weeks ago I shared some small changes

that I've made in my own life that led to big differences. So today

we're going to stay with that slightly subversive January energy and talk about

how to start fresh when you can't start over.

Before we get into the episode though,

today is a really exciting day.

Now in order for the excitement to make sense,

let me give you the tiniest background on the mechanics of

podcasting. I know, just hang tight.

So when you listen to a podcast and you hear ads, that means that the show is very likely

with a podcast network. A podcast network is basically like the

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