Hi friends! You're listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra and I'm

here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the

things that don't. Today's episode, y'all I'm so excited about this topic, the

Lazy Genius Conkers Holiday Overwhelm. Last week we got into the logistics of

creating a holiday game plan and setting up a calendar that prioritizes what

matters to us in the next few weeks. It's super practical. Choose what you want to

do, make sure you do it before other stuff takes over. But now there's the

mental side, right? It's so easy to feel overwhelmed. Halloween is next week and

I feel like we'll blink and it'll be Christmas. And we'll say, do we actually

celebrate things? I kind of don't remember. Y'all I don't want to feel that way.

That despite being well planned, I'm not fully present, you know? I don't want

you to feel that way either, which is why today's pitch is. We don't have to

feel that way. The holidays don't have to be crammed together. We can enjoy

them, be present and them and not feel like we're being dragged along the

whole time. The playbook is very simple. I'm gonna tell you how there is one

concept that is so delightful and fun and beautifully serves the purpose of

staying rooted where you are before the next holiday comes to get you. And that

concept is opening and closing ceremonies. Yes, like the Olympics. For a second,

let's imagine what the Olympics would be like without opening ceremonies.

First, there's no intentional beginning. Without opening ceremonies, the first

act in an Olympic Games might be a random archery competition that only like a

couple dozen people watch. I'm not putting down archery, but starting with

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