#426 - Office Hours

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Arts, Education

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

These are quarterly episodes where I take the questions y’all shared with me on Instagram and answer them here. Today, we’re talking about resetting after a weekend away, using patios more, deciding what wellness trends to try, meal planning with different family preferences, solo parenting while a partner is away, morning sickness while parenting two other kids, setting new expectations around holidays and birthdays, and keeping kids entertained while working from home. Helpful Companion Links Order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. The Instagram post for this Office Hours episode (just look at that bowl cut) Share your thoughts with us via our 2025 Listener Survey! Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. 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 there, you're 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.
0:09.6	Today is episode 426 office hours. These are our quarterly episodes where I take the questions that y'all shared with me on Instagram and answer them here. As always, we will save the questions specific to parents for the end.
0:23.8	Okay, well, let's just jump right in. So first up is Mika. Mika writes, after a weekend away, I'm awful at getting reset.
0:33.7	Dirty laundry stays dirty. The car isn't emptied fully. Totes on totes on our entrance way filled with
0:39.2	miscellaneous staff. What order do I start with? Should I pack up differently? Be okay with it.
0:44.2	Give myself until the next day or two, L.O.L. Buy doubles of everything. So the miscellaneous just stays in the bag.
0:51.3	Help. If you all knew how many of these questions end with help and an
0:54.6	exclamation point, so many. All right, we're going to address a couple things here. First,
0:59.0	Mika starts out by saying, I'm awful at getting reset. Now, I'm great with us being honest about
1:05.3	our situations. Like some of us are awful at things. I mean, sure. But there's a lot of power
1:09.7	and how we talk about stuff that we find
1:11.5	challenging. If you frequently use words that are discouraging or you use broad strokes phrases
1:16.9	like all the time or everything or never, you'll, you're not going to find a lot of hope in those places.
1:25.3	So first I want you to notice when you're using language like,
1:28.1	I'm awful at this without at least a little bit of kindness. Now, second thing, Mika said this.
1:32.9	Should I give myself until the next day or to? L-O-L. Yes. Yes, Mika. It sounds like what you're
1:40.8	saying is you're awful at making it look like you never left your house on
1:44.4	the very day that you return. Now, while you can totally do that if you like, that is not the
1:50.3	baseline expectation. Resetting after being gone for a weekend does not need to happen right away
1:56.6	in order for it to be correct in order for you to even be good at it. Things take time. That's okay.
2:03.9	Third, I would choose an order for the tasks that you always follow when you get back.
2:10.3	Like it doesn't have to be the right order. It's just right for you. It's like a decide once,
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