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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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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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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• 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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• Sam Kelly and Notice and Do
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• 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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• My Golden Milk instagram post
• North Carolina Homesick candle
• Pink Moon by Nick Drake
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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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Protein, strength, body recomposition, weighted vests, magnesium, the new darling of the food world: cottage cheese… all of these things are everywhere. It feels like every other post I see on Instagram is about women’s health.

I think that physically caring for ourselves is a fairly universal hope, especially for women. But we’re still figuring out how to do that with wisdom and reason. Luckily, you can Lazy Genius anything, including this, so let’s do it.

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Life admin is a bear. There’s healthcare, insurance, home care, auto care, childcare, finances and budgeting and investing, taxes, schedules, legal stuff. And it does not include regular daily things like meals and chores and doing your job and taking a shower and going to sleep. I’m already sweating.

This stuff feels so huge, sometimes unbearably so. Here are 10 essential rules for life admin (and they’re probably not the rules you’re expecting).

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Last week, we decided what we’re done with, and this week we’re going to add instead of subtract. By the end of this episode, I want you to have identified one pleasurable thing that you enjoy and have a plan to add it to your life. One is better than zero, and six will lead to zero because it’s too big. So we’re going to start with one, and I’m really excited about it.

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Y’all, I always struggle this time of year. The two weeks before school starts have historically left me feeling stressed, anxious, and ready for some simplicity. The simplicity does come (sort of) with the start of the school year and a normal routine, but all of the scurrying and extras can wear a person down.

Today, I want to share a way to think about your time commitments and responsibilities through a Lazy Genius lens so that you can decide what you’re done with and remove that thing so that you can leave space for what matters more.

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