Hi there. You're listening to The Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. This podcast is not about hacking the system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done.

Hustling to be the best or to make the most out of every opportunity is exhausting and unsustainable, so here we do things differently.

On this show, we value contentment, compassion, and living in our season.

We favor small steps over big systems.

Here we are lazy geniuses, being a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

And I'm so glad you're here.

Today is episode 454. Chores for Normals

make 20 minutes enough. All right, I care a lot about helping people find easier ways to do

things that matter. And taking care of our homes is usually on the list. We all have different

approaches to tidying and cleaning and chore management. But foundationally,

most of us want to live in homes that function well, that are comfortable and welcoming,

and that are not so overwhelmed by tasks and clutter that we just like want to burn it all down.

Those times are going to come. And there are other episodes for dealing with that energy. But today I want us to burn it all down. Those times are going to come and there are other episodes

for dealing with that energy. But today I want us to find a simpler path to daily maintenance at home.

This will not be full of like lots of lists of things for you to do or guilt about what you're not

doing. We just don't do that here. Instead we're going to talk about the normal obstacles that make housekeeping hard and what we can do instead Instead, we're going to talk about the normal obstacles that make

housekeeping hard and what we can do instead. Then we're going to talk about what you could do

for two to 20 minutes a day that will impact your desired quality of life at home. Because when it

comes to normals like us, people who are just trying to live our lives with kindness

and contentment, we don't need to get all up in a twist about house cleaning. Let's just be wise

about our homes, what matters in them, and find a way to make 20 minutes enough. After that,

for a little extra something, I'm going to share my favorite convenience food right now. I was actually

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