Thank you to @netgalley and @waterbrookmultnomah for the digital ARC to review. I loved this book! I feel like I have already talked about @thelazygenius a million times to friends and family and on my social media accounts, but Kendra is what I affectionately call my "OG Life Coach." She has helped me design systems for my life and work that make sense and most importantly, honor what matters to me. This book is a long-form how-to guide version of her podcast, with ample stories and examples throughout. Where the podcast episodes detail specific ways to be a Lazy Genius, the book details how to apply The Lazy Genius Way to your life as a whole. It will teach you how to "be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't" by first naming what matters to you and then giving you practical hands-on tips to make your life run that much more smoothly. Approachable and practical, this book is perfect for anyone struggling to balance it all, whether that be school and friends or work and family. 1,000% a PICK, please go pre-order this now. It's out August 11.

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This book is wonderful. It's an easy read and is packed with practical tips for making life more fuller and easier. Adachi encourages the reader to let go of things she can't control and focus on what truly matters: faith, family, and friends.

A nice collection of practical tips to simplify the routines of everyday life.
Focuses mainly on the practicalities for a household, those with families will appreciate this most.

I received an advanced reader copy via NetGalley.

This book is a great reminder to not feel pressured to reach any other ideal than to be fully you. It’s a quick read.

This book came at the perfect time in my life. Currently at home and off work until the stay at home order is lifted. I'm applying these tips to my life now and I feel like things will improve when I'm back at work.

i really enjoyed reading this one. it was full of new ways to do stuff but still be lazy about it. but make it look like you aren't lazy. it's hard to expalin. just read the boko.

LOVED this book. This book is so incredibly practical with real-life examples from Kendra's personal life. Kendra writes with wit and I especially enjoyed the footnotes. Each chapter builds on each other and the transitions are excellent. Each chapter also contains a few "recap" bullets at the end to summarize it all very nicely. I feel ready to simplify my life with all the tips and tricks to get me started! One thing to note was there were a lot of examples aimed at mothers which doesn't necessarily apply to everyone.

I thought this book was really useful and at first, I laughed at the title, however it is actually genius! Lots of great tips and advice. I recommend giving it a read.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

This is a fantastic book full of tips and tricks to be productive in a lazy way. It's a hilarious and raw guide to life. I absolutely loved it.

*I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I’ve followed Kendra Adachi’s The Lazy Genius blog and podcast for a couple of years, so I’ve been looking forward to this book for a while. It did not disappoint. Kendra’s funny, disconcertingly honest voice comes through the pages loud and clear, guiding me through the Lazy Genius life.

Her heart-wrenching openness in the first chapter about her personal history brought me up short at first; it hit uncomfortably close to home and I wasn’t expecting it. But Kendra’s sharing her experience left me wide open to really hearing and accepting what she had to say. Lazy Genius Principle #8 is Let People In and that chapter is proof she follows her own advice.

Some other things about the book I really appreciated were:
1) The Lazy Genius Principles (LGP’s) are discussed individually, so you can focus on one at a time and digest that information before moving on.
2) While each LGP is discussed in depth, the chapters are concise and manageable.
3) At the end of each chapter, there is a brief recap of the main points and One Small Step to immediately implement the LGP discussed.
4) The examples of how to apply LGP’s are taken from real, imperfect life.
5) The footnotes are hilarious.

This is a book I highly recommend. I’ve given myself a prezzie by pre-ordering my own copy. (See LGP #13. It’s Kendra and Jamie B. Golden approved.)

Thank you to Netgalley and Waterbrook & Multnomah for the eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.


The Lazy Genius Way • Kendra Adachi
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“ Imagine this. We become a generation of women who are at peace with who we are, who encourage one another to move closer to our deepest identities and shed what’s in the way.”
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👍🏼Thumbs Up:
There’s a lot I liked about this book! I found it equally parts enjoyable to read and practical. I enjoyed the stories and examples and the way that she recaps the main point and tools of each section at the end of that chapter.
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👎🏻Thumbs Down:
I have nothing negative to say. This book actually reverses the damage done by many a self help book that tells women to DO more. Kendra lovingly teaches against that mantra in order to help us live our lives focused on what matters to each of us.
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🤓For readers WHO:
- Enjoy self-help/personal growth/generally good nonfiction
- Are tired of always feeling tired and want a better way to enjoy life
- Are fans of @thelazyggenius podcast (if you don’t subscribe already go do it NOW)
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👉🏼This is what’s WHAT:
Kendra Adachi is a well known blogger and podcast host. She takes her talent of essentializing tasks to the page to teach us how to “be a genius about what matters, and lazy about the things that don’t”. She walks us through strategies for how to maximize our time and what’s important in each of our lives. She tackles everything from the most mundane tasks (laundry, cleaning the bathroom) to the most soul important (caring for ourselves, resting). She doesn’t get bossy, but rather lovingly shows us the way down a path to better-crafted days and therefore a more fulfilled life.
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⏳WHEN I read this book:
It gave me so many practical tools it made me want to simultaneously:
-immediately buy a copy for every friend
-start “lazy-genuising” my whole life
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🚨WHERE you should watch out:
Passing mention of abuse, no other triggers.
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📍WHY you should read this one:
It’s just good. You’ll feel refreshed and lifted up. Kendra teaches with such an encouraging voice but also takes into account how different we all are and helps us lean into what matters to each of us.
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📚HOW I read it:
eARC via Kindle

This was a bit of an unconventional self-help book (I felt) but also a super fascinating one. I resonated with its sentiments of feeling stretched across too many goals and to-dos, especially ones that don't actually matter. It's helpful for determining what *does* matter and how to reach it by cutting out what you're doing just because you feel obligated to.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I am a relatively new follower of The Lazy Genius podcast, but it didn’t take long at all for me to recognize the value of Kendra Adachi’s seemingly simple ways to be “a genius about the things that matter, and lazy about the things that don’t.” This book is a valuable source of simple tips to make life easier to manage. What I appreciate most about Kendra is that she makes very clear that there is no one way that fits all, and the way to be successful is to make the changes that work for YOU. While some of her tips may seem like common sense, reading about them in a book and learning from the examples she provides helps the reader see how to apply these tips to everyday life and to see the trickle down effect a few small changes can make to improve our lives. Plus, Kendra is so down to earth and funny that the whole book felt like a conversation with a friend over coffee. Highly recommend.

This book is full of wonderful and practical ideas and tips to living a more organized, happy, and productive life. I highly recommend it!

This book reminded me of a mental version of Marie Kondo's tidying book. Overall, I really liked the tips Adachi gives. Personally, I feel like a lot of her tips are aimed toward mothers, which is great, just didn't apply to me so I skipped those sections.

I was familiar with author, Kendra Adachi, from her Lazy Genius podcast. When I saw that she was writing a book by the same name, I was eager to read it. The book did not disappoint me. I am somewhat of an organization and simplicity book junkie. I have read many and this book is among the best. Adachi writes with the same fun, breezy tone which she takes on her podcast.
Instead of being a how-to for organizing, Adachi gives you "thirteen principles in your virtual Swiss Army knife, [so that] you can see every situation through a lens of embracing what matters and ditching what doesn't." If you would like to learn some common sense principles for organizing your life and have a few giggles while learning them, I highly recommend this book.
I received a complementary copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Full disclosure, I’m a Lazy Genius fangirl. Kendra’s words resonate with me in a way not many others’ do, and I’ve followed her online for several years now. She’s equal parts practical and funny and thoughtful, and her book whips up all of those qualities into the quintessential life companion.

If you follow Kendra online, some of her systems and thought processes will be familiar, but The Lazy Genius Way isn’t a half-baked version of her blog or podcast; it’s the perfect complement to an online community that’s become very dear to me.

Kendra’s words have a way of affecting me on a soul level, and the last chapters of this book had me figuratively—almost literally—slow clapping and praise-handing. This book helped me feel more like myself, and I can’t give higher praise than that.

Disappointing - probably best aimed at the social media following. There is nothing new or ground breaking and it is a little basic. I found it a bit silly in places and couldn't find much at all that would be useful. Very high level and really aimed at a specific niche in the market. However I appreciate that it will appeal to many people out there and might just give them the boost they need to get their daily lives in order. Just wasn't for me.