#4: Giving Up On Perfect with Mary Carver

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Education, Arts

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2016

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Funny, honest, and a real Lazy Genius, Mary and Kendra have a conversation about kids, goals, marriage, and everything in between. Sometimes it's hard to be a person, and Mary gets that. She also makes you feel okay for not liking it all the time. Where to find Mary: Mary's blog: Giving Up on Perfect Mary's Instagram: @marycarver Mary's Facebook: /givinguponperfect Mary's book: Choose Joy This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey lazy geniuses, I'm Kendra Adachi and you're listening to the lazy genius podcast.
0:11.4	Here we help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that
0:15.6	don't.
0:16.6	This is season one, episode four.
0:19.7	And my guest today is author, blogger, and general funny person, Mary Carver.
0:25.7	And I asked Mary to be on the podcast.
0:27.8	She said, I'm feeling a little short on the genius lately.
0:31.9	And I thought, man, are we all?
0:34.4	So in this episode, Mary and I just talk about how hard it is to be a person.
0:38.9	And there are some real life nuggets that come out, some of which I still remember daily,
0:43.3	weeks after our conversation.
0:45.1	Mary is such a delight.
0:47.0	And I know you're going to enjoy her so much.
0:56.7	Tell me who you are, Mary Carver.
0:59.7	Okay, well I am a work leader and blogger.
1:03.6	I am a mom and a wife.
1:06.0	I blog at giving up on perfect.com.
1:09.0	My first official, real published book that I'm a co-author of just came out in January.
1:18.7	My husband and I have been married for almost 17 years.
1:24.0	17.
1:25.8	Because I was married as a child, obviously.
1:32.1	And our daughters are two and eight.
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