Bonus: 10 Things I Always Do When I Have People Over (Rerun)
The Lazy Genius Podcast
Kendra, The Lazy Genius
4.8 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today is a bonus episode perfect for the middle of the summer. Chances are good you’re having people over or very much want to. Summer feels like an ideal time to finally open your home and invite more people over for a cookout or hangout, or to watch the World Cup, which you still have a couple of weeks to do. Whether you’re a seasoned host, freaked out about inviting people over, or somewhere in the middle, this episode will be a big help.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, you're listening to the Lazy Genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. Today is a bonus episode, |
| 0:07.4 | perfect for the middle of summer. Chances are good you are having people over or you really want to. |
| 0:13.1 | Summer just feels like an ideal time to invite people over for a cookout or to hang out and watch |
| 0:19.0 | the World Cup, which you still have a couple weeks to do, whether you are a seasoned host, freaked out to invite people over, or somewhere |
| 0:26.0 | in the wide middle, this episode will be a big help. I personally do love having people over, |
| 0:31.1 | but that's not always been the case. So I've gotten a lot of reps from years of inviting |
| 0:35.5 | folks over, and that means I've learned what makes sense |
| 0:38.2 | for me, what makes hosting easy and fun, and what matters to me the most. So in this episode |
| 0:44.3 | from just last year, I share the five things that matter the most to me about having people over, |
| 0:50.0 | and then 10 things I always do. It's a light, fun, hopefully relatable episode that will get you |
| 0:55.7 | in the mindset of having some folks over the summer and feeling like yourself when you do it. |
| 1:01.3 | Also, in case you missed it from Monday's episode, we would love for you to participate in our annual |
| 1:06.2 | lazy genius survey. Three random participants will get a $100 gift card to the store of their choice |
| 1:12.9 | as a thank you. But we're grateful for every person who fills this out. It helps us make the |
| 1:18.0 | best decisions for you in the coming year so that we can make episodes, emails, |
| 1:22.9 | products, and books that you're excited for. You can find a link in the show notes of this |
| 1:27.3 | episode to fill out that survey. All right. You can find a link in the show notes of this episode to fill out |
| 1:28.5 | that survey. All right. Time for 10 things I do when I have people over. Hope you enjoy. |
| 1:34.1 | Hi there. You're listening to the Lazy Genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. This podcast isn't about |
| 1:40.3 | hacking the system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done. |
| 1:45.5 | Hustling to be the best or to make the most out of every opportunity is exhausting and |
| 1:50.6 | unsustainable. So here we do things differently. On this podcast, we value contentment, |
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