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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. Today is episode 427 when you're overwhelmed by the world.

We had a different topic scheduled for today, but I felt like we needed to put something in the

feed that spoke to the sense of paralysis and overwhelmed that many of you are feeling right now.

On the average day, we're already at least like a little bit overwhelmed by our personal

problems, just like regular life. And what I'm going to share today, it will actually apply to

that pretty effectively. But what about when we're dealing with the world at large with the news

and the onslaught of information and the desire to do what we can to make the world

kinder, better, and more equitable for everyone? We're all in a gauntlet of overwhelm and news

and worry and tricky conversations and trying to figure out how to use

the limited resources that we individually have to make as much of a difference as possible.

Like it all feels like it's either too much or not enough. So today, I want to take our tried and

true 13 lazy genius principles and apply them to being overwhelmed by the world. I often get asked

how to lazy genius the news or how to lazy genius being paralyzed by everything. And today's

episode is my answer to that question. Now, I'm going to reference all 13 lazy genius principles

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