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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

More Happier: Navigating New Year Pressure with Gretchen Rubin on "The Lazy Genius" [Revisited]

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Already exhausted by the new year? In this conversation on the "Lazy Genius" podcast, host Kendra Adachi and I explore why “fresh start” culture creates so much anxiety—and how being “lazy” about some things can help you focus on what truly matters in January.

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0:00.0

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0:52.2

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1:06.0

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1:13.7

If you're already exhausted by New Year pressure, you are not alone. I joined Kendra Adachi on the terrific lazy genius podcast for a conversation about that feeling. Her whole philosophy is that

1:20.3

being lazy in the areas that don't matter allows us to be a genius in the areas that do,

1:26.5

especially useful to remember in January.

1:29.3

We started by talking about how perfectionism can stop our progress, just as we're trying to improve our lives,

1:35.3

and what to do when we notice that's starting to happen.

1:39.3

Here's the conversation.

1:41.3

Well, as we start, we both spend a lot of time thinking about how to make every day better

1:50.1

without making every day perfect.

1:55.2

And there is a difference between the two.

1:58.2

I don't know about you.

1:59.8

It took me a long time and a lot of therapy to actually

2:03.0

divorce the two words better and perfect. How do you feel about the word perfect? How do you feel

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