#82: The Lazy Genius Finds the Best Way to Do Things

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Education, Arts

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

We like to do it right. We like to feel like we’re not wasting our time. How do we seek after the best way to do something without being a slave to the process? As the holidays approach, it’s a great time to think differently about how you choose what you choose. Helpful companion links to this episode: For When Systems Can’t Save - a helpful blog post when your brain gets spinny The Lazy Genius Does Laundry - an episode on a potential best way to do laundry The Nester is the one voice I listen to about my home, and her new book Cozy Minimalist Home will change everything for you. The entire podcast is a collection of my best way of doing many things, so scroll through the archive in your podcast app or on the site and listen to an episode that grabs your attention. Download the episode transcript here! This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, you're listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast.
0:04.8	I'm Kendra and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy
0:08.4	about the things that don't.
0:10.2	Today is episode 82.
0:11.8	The Lazy Genius finds the best way to do things.
0:15.5	I am a bit of an expert in this department.
0:17.6	It is kind of my superpower to find the best way to do things.
0:21.2	But the best way can also be the most exhausting way if we're not paying attention.
0:25.5	And in this current season with holidays and the busyness that always comes with fall,
0:30.5	I think our quest to find the best way to make a Halloween costume and make a turkey
0:35.6	and choose stocking stuffers and be the good daughter and the good neighbor that makes
0:38.8	the best Christmas cookies.
0:40.3	Like all of it drains us in the invisible background.
0:44.0	In this episode, I'm going to share three perspectives on finding the best way to do things
0:47.6	so that you're not exhausted before you even begin.
0:51.3	So as we get started, let's talk briefly about what it means to find the best way to
0:56.3	do things and why we do that in the first place.
0:59.8	Some of us experience this more than others.
1:01.7	Hello to you, fellow Enneagram ones.
1:04.3	But a lot of us are constantly on the hunt to optimize our lives, to find those tricks
1:10.4	and systems that will make our lives function the way we think they should.
1:16.1	Sometimes those hunts are worth it and we will get into that.
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