Escaping the Productivity Trap: Kendra Adachi’s Lazy Genius Perspective

It’s a brand new season of the show and we are thrilled to have Amy Hardin, Jen’s longtime friend, join us on the podcast for a whole new adventure in laughing at ourselves and learning from our incredible guests.

The Lazy Genius herself, Kendra Adachi, joins Jen and Amy today to challenge our culture's obsession with productivity and time management. Kendra offers a revolutionary perspective: the problem isn't you — it's the capitalistic, patriarchal culture we've all been raised in. Kendra unpacks why traditional productivity advice often fails women and shares a more compassionate approach for managing busy lives.

Whether you're drowning in laundry, juggling work and family, or simply craving a kinder way to approach your days, this conversation will leave you feeling seen, encouraged, and equipped with practical strategies.

Discover how to:

• Shift your mindset from pursuing 'greatness' to embracing contentment
• Take small, sustainable steps instead of attempting drastic overhauls
• Adapt your systems to fit your unique life and needs
• Find freedom from rigid to-do lists and unrealistic expectations

Don't miss Kendra's sneak peek into her upcoming book 'The Plan' - it just might change your life!

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Thought-Provoking Quotes:

"I thought I just had to try harder or give up. And those are not the only two options, everybody. There's a wide middle between ‘try hard’ and ‘give up.’ And so that's when I pivoted my online writing to this space to the Lazy Genius Ecosystem, as you called it, which is, 'let's be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. And everyone gets to choose what those things are.'" - Kendra Adachi

"I think that we forget that the paradigm that we all live under in a Western, capitalistic, patriarchal society is not one that supports what I'm talking about in many ways. And so, it's hard to do. It's very, very hard because the waters that we live in really do not support this kind of idea. So the problem is not you is what I'm saying. The problem is not you." - Kendra Adachi

"Your to-do list is not the boss of you. It's a tool." - Kendra Adachi

“93% of time management productivity books are written by men.” - Kendra Adachi

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Feed These People by Jen Hatmaker - https://shop.jenhatmaker.com/products/ftp-book

The Lazy Genius Podcast - https://bit.ly/4drs4WB

The Lazy Genius Way - https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/way

For the Love Podcast ft. Kendra Adachi - https://bit.ly/3WUZdD7

The Plan by Kendra Adachi - https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/theplan

For the Love Podcast ft. Emily P. Freeman - https://bit.ly/4cGSRNr

Guest’s Links

Website - https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelazygenius/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2548803345149849

Twitter - https://twitter.com/lazykendra

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