Hey 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's episode 377 office hours. We love office hours. I do these

episodes about once every season where I take your questions and problems and

lazy genius them right here in an episode.

It is a great way to have particular problems solved,

but more importantly to see how to think about solving problems,

no matter what they are.

As always, I will save more parenting kid-related questions for the back half.

So those of you without kids, you can bail early.

Okay, let's jump in. The first one is going to have an immediately very short answer but eventually a very long one and this first one is from Alex Nicole.

Alex says, I can plan, plan, plan like a champ and enjoy doing it.

Meal plan, check. Sketch out my week month year.

Give me some colored pens and markers and watch the days fill in.

But the execution of said plans is an absolute disaster. I never can seem to actually

pull off what I schedule. One small derailment I throw in the towel. How do I keep up the

desire to make my well thought out plans a reality?

The short answer that I gave Alex on Instagram is to read my next book, The Plan,

when it comes out October 8th.

That will be a long, deeply helpful answer to this challenge.

I wrote the plan for everyone who feels like this, but also for people who don't know how to plan.

For people who plan but find it overwhelming and slightly annoying,

and for people who feel like all other productivity, time management approaches

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