#468 - What’s Saving My Life

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Education, Arts

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Once a quarter, I share the things that have been saving my life that season, and I hope it’s encouragement for you all to make your own list. I just love how this practice helps us stay grounded where we are, pay attention to small things that matter, and just find more joy. Helpful Companion Links Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. Jeni’s Ice Cream Grocery Store Locator Oh Clementine chunky hoop earrings Levi 94 Baggy Wide Legged Jeans Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing Episode #462: The Lazy Genius Guide to Planning a Trip Counterweights by Shannan Martin Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it or record your idea and share your voice on the show. 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. This podcast is not about
0:05.8	hacking the system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done, hustling, to be the best,
0:13.9	or to make the most out of every opportunity. It is exhausting and it's unsustainable. So here we do
0:19.9	things differently.
0:25.8	On this show, we value contentment, compassion, and living in our season.
0:28.5	We favor small steps over big systems.
0:34.7	Here we are lazy geniuses, being a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.
0:36.5	And I am so glad you're here.
0:40.0	Today is episode 468. What's Saving My Life?
0:44.4	As regular listeners know, this has been a segment for a years, once a quarter.
0:48.4	I share the things that have been saving my life for this particular season,
0:53.6	and I hope it's an encouragement for all of you to make your own list.
0:54.2	What's Saving My Life is a phrase popularized by the writer Barbara Brown-Taylor, and a lot of
0:59.5	us on the internet use this on a regular basis.
1:03.1	And some of you have brought it into your lives regularly, too.
1:06.5	I remember a recent lazy genius of the week who said that she and a long-time friend, who's like a long-distance
1:12.4	friend now, like they used to be close and now they're far away. They make an appointment to talk on
1:18.1	the phone regularly and they share what's been saving their lives. Like that's part of their call.
1:25.2	I just love how this practice, it helps us stay grounded where we are,
1:31.0	pay attention to the small things that matter. We can connect with people and just like find more joy.
1:36.2	It's so great. After that, we're going to have a little extra something where I share a decide once
1:41.7	that we have used for quite literally years when it comes to school mementos.
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