Hey there! You're listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra 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 80, the Lazy Genius Daily Act of Kindness. Three weeks ago, we talked

about rest. Two weeks ago, we talked about our desire to purge the house and how we need

some space. We need a reset. Last week, we talked about creating a holiday

Sabbath. One day a week with the only purpose being to rest. It is crazy how much

encouragement we need in the area of slowing down and resting, of letting go of

producing and striving so we can just be a person. Routines and Sabbaths and

intention are beautiful and can go a long way, but I want to offer you a simple

encouragement today. I want us to think about the Daily Act of Kindness toward

ourselves. I'm not saying that an act toward ourselves is more important than an

act toward someone else at all. I believe deeply in a life of being a servant and

seeing others through eyes of compassion. We don't even have to be the fullest

versions of ourselves in order to help others. I know we threw around that

airplane metaphor of putting on our own oxygen mask first before putting on

a kids and I get the parallel in our own lives. I get it. But man, if I waited until

I was fully rested and centered and feeling settled in my own soul before

helping others, I'd never help another person. One doesn't necessarily have to go

before the other. There is an ebb and flow in balancing taking care of ourselves

and taking care of others. So today I want to talk about a daily act of

kindness toward ourselves. Halloween is in little over a week, which means Christmas

is basically tomorrow. It is coming fast and we're already preparing ourselves

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