Hey 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's episode 465, Ask Me Anything. So we have

never done an episode like this before and I'm so excited to do it today. We put a call out in the

latest lazy letter, which is our monthly newsletter for any questions that you all wanted to

ask me. And we got so many great questions that cover the gamut.

We'll talk about Desert Island snacks and how I came up with my kids' names and how I became

friends with other authors and so many more. I know this isn't like truth or dare at a sleepover,

like shocker. I always pick truth. But it feels fun like we're eating popcorn and cozy pants, just like chatting about

nothing important. But it's also like the most important because it's fun. So that is today's

episode. After that, we're going to have a little extra something where I share a couple of my

favorite adjustments to my famous granola recipe. Yes, we are going to dedicate like a

segment to granola. As always, we will celebrate the lazy genius of the week, which is a great

tip for kids' chores. And then we will end with a mini pet talk for when you are personally drowning

in chores, double chores to close our episode today.

And because we have so many questions, we're just going to jump right in with a fun one first

to kick us off before we hear from our sponsors. So Katie asks, do you play any instruments?

I know you love music and your kids are in band. Just wondering how you started your

music journey as a kid. Did you sing? Were you in band? Were you listening to cassettes and CDs and albums,

etc.? Yes, I do play instruments. I play acoustic guitar and piano, both like just enough to sound

like I kind of know what I'm doing, but like do not take me out of my comfort zone or I

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