The Lazy Genius Podcast

Sometimes I feel like it’ll take just one sassy comment or one missed homework assignment or one line at the store that’s longer than I expected before I just lose it. Sometimes life is like that, and it’s normal and okay. But most of us don’t want to stay there for very long. Today, I’m going to share with you five things to remember and five things to do when everything is a little annoying. Helpful Companion Links * Order my book The PLAN [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/theplan] or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. * Learn about The Playbooks here. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/playbooks] * Episode #409: How to Parent When Your Kid is Annoying [/lazy/annoying] * Find our digital products here [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/store] (which are going into the sunset at the end of the year!) * Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/listens] * Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. [/newsletter] * Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen [https://amzn.to/3fDIbb3] or The Lazy Genius Way [https://amzn.to/3hdAicx]! (Affiliate links) * Check out our network’s newest show, How We Made Your Mother [https://www.howwemadeyourmother.com/] * Download a transcript of this episode. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6419d9e9c7527734c8cff21b/t/68f90eca936e1b135aadd540/1761152714778/441+-+What+to+Do+When+Everything+Is+a+Little+Annoying.pdf] Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoHYR1ZHcHYVkH9yk_UU9dJHymje-wIgKPP3hCjJdPgLOUfA/viewform?usp=header] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

It’s around this point, towards the end of October, that we all start feeling the pressure. The rest of the year is coming like a snowball rolling down a hill. Today, we’re going to tend to that energy and create some ways to make the rest of 2025 easier and also more joyful, grounded, and rooted in whatever matters to you. Helpful Companion Links * Order my book The PLAN [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/theplan] or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. * The Lazy Genius Collective Facebook Group! [https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelazygenius] * Episode #339: How to Make the Rest of 2023 Easier [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/easier23] * Episode #392: How to Make the Rest of 2024 Easier [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/2024easier] * Episode #330: How I Handle a Busy Season [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/busy] * Episode #431: 5 Things to Avoid When Planning a Busy Season [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/busyseason] * Episode #364: When Life Feels Like a Firehose [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/firehose] * Episode #385: How to Manage an Odd Stretch of Time [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/oddstretch] * Episode #395: How to Finish Last-Minute Lists [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/lastminutelists] * Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism [https://amzn.to/4hjxohz] * Episode #306: What We Need to Have More Fun [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/morefun] * Episode #347: How to Know What Brings You Joy [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/joy] * One line a day journal [https://amzn.to/4hiVOYz] * One second a day app [https://www.1se.co/] * Learn about The Playbooks here. [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/playbooks] * Find our digital products here [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/store] (which are going into the sunset at the end of the year!) * Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/listens] * Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. [/newsletter] * Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen [https://amzn.to/3fDIbb3] or The Lazy Genius Way [https://amzn.to/3hdAicx]! (Affiliate links) * Check out our network’s newest show, How We Made Your Mother [https://www.howwemadeyourmother.com/] * Download a transcript of this episode. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6419d9e9c7527734c8cff21b/t/68f51c4c03ab1903fa7cd021/1760894028068/440+-+How+to+Make+the+Rest+of+2025+Easier.pdf] Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoHYR1ZHcHYVkH9yk_UU9dJHymje-wIgKPP3hCjJdPgLOUfA/viewform?usp=header] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Chores I Do Every Day, Part 1 is one of our most popular episodes we’ve ever done, but it was three and a half years ago. A lot has changed in our home and family in that amount of time, so I’m excited to share an updated version Helpful Companion Links * Order my book The PLAN [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/theplan] or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. * Episode #254: Chores I Do Every Day [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/chores] * Episode #91: The Lazy Genius Organizes Paper [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/paper] * PlanetBox Rover Lunchboxes [https://amzn.to/43c51fd] * Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/listens] * Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. [https://thelazygenius.squarespace.com/newsletter] * Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen [https://amzn.to/3fDIbb3] or The Lazy Genius Way [https://amzn.to/3hdAicx]! (Affiliate links) * Download a transcript of this episode. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6419d9e9c7527734c8cff21b/t/68e682953eda2a29b813e3c8/1759937173250/439+-+Chores+I+Do+Every+Day%2C+Part+2.pdf] Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoHYR1ZHcHYVkH9yk_UU9dJHymje-wIgKPP3hCjJdPgLOUfA/viewform?usp=header] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

We have an Office Hours episode once a quarter where you send in your questions and I answer them here on the podcast. This is the first time we’ve had a themed Office Hours episode, so that is very exciting. Before we get into a whole episode answering your questions about routines, remember that a Lazy Genius routine isn’t about the steps. It’s about where you’re wanting to go. Helpful Companion Links * The PLAN is $1.99 on Kindle right now! [https://amzn.to/3ICXmzD] (If Amazon isn’t your vibe, you can find it for $1.99 on Kobo right now [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-plan-89?sId=05a7a8b6-94a0-448c-8e90-1c6aa7e59b02&ssId=mlmpwrB4HRZ2KQdH-WFEk&cPos=1], too.) * Other episodes like this one: #402 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours127], #426 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours714], #413 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours414], #315 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours], #354 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours4], and #327 [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officehours2] * Office Hours with the Office Ladies [www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy/officeladies] * Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/listens] * Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. [/newsletter] * Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen [https://amzn.to/3fDIbb3] or The Lazy Genius Way [https://amzn.to/3hdAicx]! (Affiliate links) * Download a transcript of this episode. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6419d9e9c7527734c8cff21b/t/68deb0efaad43e2b309c52f3/1759424751945/438+-+Office+Hours_+Routines.pdf] Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoHYR1ZHcHYVkH9yk_UU9dJHymje-wIgKPP3hCjJdPgLOUfA/viewform?usp=header] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

This is a community that values people and relationships and connection, and having people into our homes is so integral to us building homes, neighborhoods, and entire cultures that tend to each other, that enjoy being together, and that let each other in. I’m sharing what personally matters to me about hospitality and the ten things I always do to support it. Helpful Companion Links * The PLAN is $1.99 on Kindle right now! [https://amzn.to/3ICXmzD] (If Amazon isn’t your vibe, you can find it for $1.99 on Kobo right now [https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-plan-89?sId=05a7a8b6-94a0-448c-8e90-1c6aa7e59b02&ssId=mlmpwrB4HRZ2KQdH-WFEk&cPos=1], too.) * My Breezy Instrumental playlist on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CThV8UuoWQbvjH6LFG6SE?si=fc1d71c263994764] * Priya Parker’s Magical Questions [https://www.priyaparker.com/art-of-gathering-newsletter/an-equation-for-magical-questions] * Kate Strickler (Naptime Kitchen)’s Black Bean Soup [https://naptimekitchen.com/vegan-black-bean-soup/] * Change Your Life Shawarma [/blog/shawarma] * Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. [https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/listens] * Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. [https://thelazygenius.squarespace.com/newsletter] * Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen [https://amzn.to/3fDIbb3] or The Lazy Genius Way [https://amzn.to/3hdAicx]! (Affiliate links) * Download a transcript of this episode. [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6419d9e9c7527734c8cff21b/t/68d554b105267822d077eb3e/1758811313344/437+-+10+Things+I+Always+Do+When+I+Have+People+Over.pdf] Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoHYR1ZHcHYVkH9yk_UU9dJHymje-wIgKPP3hCjJdPgLOUfA/viewform?usp=header] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]