Hi 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 am so glad you're here. Today is episode 471, easier summer chores

for families. Today is June 1st, and if you have kids, you've already started your summer at home

with them, or you're very close. And when kids are home all the time, the house gets dirtier,

patience gets shorter, and the pressure to make every day count

mounts. We feel the same pressure for our kids to make good use of their time as we do with

our own, and chores are a big part of that. So today, we're going to talk about how to create

easier summer chores for families in a very lazy lazy genius way. The first part of the episode

will be about you and how you think as a parent of these kids. And then the second part will be

like one big practical idea of how to get chores done in your house without you and your kids

hating the chores or each other. After that, we'll have a little extra something where I share

some thoughts on summer in a working parent household. Some of you have summers that are not

reflected in some of our content or in other places too. Like if you work in an office full time,

as does your partner, if you're in a two-parent

household and you're managing like camps and babysitters and grandparents and like normal life

logistics in a unique season, summer is not restful.

It can be even more stressful.

So we're going to take a couple of minutes at the end to talk about that.

And as always, we'll celebrate the

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