The holidays are supposed to be joyous and connected and like a Norman Rockwell painting, and instead we’re all trying to navigate emotional and logistical landmines with family members who don’t do or see things the same way we do. It’s what so many people are thinking about right now, and it’s not always an easy process.

Today, we’re going to talk about planning when other people won’t commit, gift giving, managing expectations, and having different priorities within a marriage.

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• Preorder my book Done For Now or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Nedra Glover Tawwab is an actual expert in boundaries, and I love her so much. She wrote Set Boundaries, Find Peace and Drama Free; I highly recommend both.
• Strong Like Water by Aundi Kolber
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Welcome to The We Do Not Care Club Podcast hosted by Melani Sanders, content creator, founding member of the WDNC, and New York Times bestselling author of The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook. What started as Melani’s hilarious and all-too-true social media declaration that she simply did not care much anymore has become a global movement centered on sisterhood, laughter, honesty, and understanding that we are not alone, and we are enough. From menopause to marriage, motherhood, sex, relationships, changing bodies, mental health, work, money, food, and the everyday chaos of midlife, no topic is off-limits.

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I love this episode. We’ve done a version of this around this time of year for the past few years, but here in 2026, we got a bit of a head start with last week’s episode, How to Live in This Season.

If you’re a sticky note and list sort of person, you’ll really like today’s episode since we’re getting into the nitty-gritty of planning. But even if you’re not, today’s episode is all about helping you see, organize, and enjoy all the things on your plate. In short, we’re going to make the rest of the year easier. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Episode #492: How to Live in This Season
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We are on the tailend of October. This weekend is Halloween, and then it’s time to enter November, a month often full of busyness, coziness, and lots of anticipatory stress as you get ready for the holiday season.

This episode is a workshop on how to live in your season on a practical, applicable level. My goal for you at the end of this episode is that you will have identified what matters about the next few weeks.

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Episode #486: How to Get Stronger Without Making It Your Whole Life
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Fall is our busiest time of the year, which is true for a lot of people and families, and sometimes it’s helpful to hear another person’s experience. Maybe something that’s working for me could be a solution for you, or you could start to notice that problems in your own life and schedule aren’t as massive as they seem and you can let them go. So this list is not prescriptive but I hope it gets your wheels turning on how to make your own fall a little easier. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Notice and Do by Sam Kelly
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Laundry is universal. Everyone wears clothes, generally every day. Those clothes get dirty and must be washed, sometimes every day. It’s just a constant part of life that will not stop. So since we can’t stop doing laundry, let’s figure out how to take the stress out of it. Let’s make it as simple and pleasant and compassionate and functional as possible so that we’ll still be able to do it without losing our minds. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Episode #21: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry
• Episode #113: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry Updated!
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Today is the second birthday of my book The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius. So in celebration of that book which is all about compassionate time management, we’re going to share one of the most popular episodes I’ve ever done.

This episode is the backbone of what it means to manage your time like a Lazy Genius. You’ll get five essential reminders about how to think about your time before you start actually planning it. I hope you love it!

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Episode 177: The Lazy Genius Plans a Day
• Episode 198: How to Lazy Genius Your To-Do List
• Episode 238: How to Get Stuff Done When You Don’t Feel Like It
• Episode 127: The Lazy Genius Chooses a Planner
• Laundry episodes 21: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry and 113: The Lazy Genius Does Laundry Updated
• Episodes 235: When You Disagree on What Matters
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If you’re listening to a time management self-help podcast like this one, you’re probably the captain of your home. You’re the one with the ideas, and that’s wonderful. But it’s tiring, too. If you feel like your home would work better if your spouse or kids would just get on board, this episode is for you.

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Sam Kelly and Notice and Do
• Destini Ann on Instagram
• Jackie Kelley’s book So I Married a Human
• Episode #409: How to Parent When Your Kid Is Annoying
• Episode #337: How to Lazy Genius Division of Labor
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Why better? Well, bucket lists, while wonderful, also carry a lot of pressure. So today, let’s make a list of favorite things you love about fall – things you want to eat, drink, cook, see, smell, watch, listen to, and do before we hit Thanksgiving. And then I’ll share some ideas on how to incorporate your fall favorites into your life. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• My Golden Milk instagram post
• North Carolina Homesick candle
• Pink Moon by Nick Drake
• Breezy Instrumental, my most popular playlist forever (Spotify)
• So You Married a Human by Jackie Kelley
• Episode #322: What to Do with Random Pockets of Time
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Maybe you started August and September with a little more of a plan around dinner but ran out of freezer meals and ideas pretty quickly. If that’s the case, I hope this episode is super helpful as you figure out how to eat meals and feed your people if you have them even when schedules are bonkers. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Episode #278: How to Manage Your Time this Fall
• Episode #121: How to Build a Fall Dinner Queue
• Episode #276: How to Pack Lunch for Work
• My pal Anna Sale’s podcast Death, Sex, and Money
• Episode #225: The Shoe Episode
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Family meetings are a new addition for us, but they have been wildly successful and helpful to get everyone on the same page. I recorded our family meeting from a few weeks ago and will share a snippet of that during this episode. That way, you can hear how it actually works for us and also how chaotic my children are. 

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• Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy.
• Instagram post about efficiency
• Episode #294: How to Celebrate Your Own Birthday
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