I appreciate this female-focused view of planning while living in the now, shared from Kendra Adachi's relaxed and practical perspective. The PLAN begins by underscoring the reality that the world has been built by and for men, and even for those of us who believe that women can (and should) do anything, Adachi reminds us that there are differences that are important to take into account in planning and goal-setting. It's not wrong to have goals and direction, but if every moment is lived in service of the next big thing, when do you get to enjoy the moments along the way? When we harness that knowledge and let those differences guide us along, we can use them as a springboard to success AND enjoy where we are right now. Echoing the principles in The Lazy Genius Way (although both are stand-alone reads), The PLAN builds on them and creates a new and flexible framework for getting stuff done, managing the inevitable bumps in the road, and listening to yourself as you build a life that matters to YOU.

The Plan is an invaluable guide for anyone looking to master the art of planning, whether for small daily tasks or larger life goals. Kendra’s writing feels like a conversation with a close friend—warm, relatable, and encouraging. I especially appreciated how she tailored the book specifically for women, acknowledging the unique challenges we face, including how hormonal changes can influence our approach to planning. As a fan of her podcast, I was eager to read this book, and it did not disappoint. The Plan is a resource I’ll return to often for both practical advice and a reassuring voice.

A complementary copy was provided by publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I've listened to the Lazy Genius podcast since it was on episode 25 and have read and liked Kendra's Lazy Genius Way and Lazy Genius Kitchen. This book was exactly like I thought it would be and I love it. I found it a little overwhelming to read in one go, but I suspect I'll come back to it again and again (much like I do to the Lazy Genius Way and Lazy Genius Kitchen)

I've read all 3 of Kendra Adachi's books and she has improved with each one. This is the most sophisticated, which means both helpful in a very detailed (as opposed to vauge) way and... a little overwhelming. There's a lot of acronyms and systems. To use any of them, I think I'm going to have to refer to the book step by step. In that way it's like a home repair encyclopedia I own; it can teach you how to do about anything, but no one would suggest reading the whole thing straight through and memorizing. I read The Plan over four months and expect to refer back to it many times - you're going to want a hard copy, not the audiobook or ebook!

This was a nice, short and sweet self-help book on time management.
I really liked the way the author put things into perspective about how we all feel we are in some rat race of time and how our lives got to be so chaotic no matter how many planners we buy, thinking that it will help us sort it all out only to be left feeling very far behind.
The productivity obsession is REAL. Then enter the view that we are in a white-man-made world. There are things I agree with and disagree with here but the points made are still very intriguing.
I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone who feel like they need more time. Always need more time and form your own opinions. You're not alone in feeling "you can rest when you're dead". I really enjoyed this quick read. Be the Lazy Genius!

First off I want to say I enjoy Kendra Adachi's writing and yet, I am not 100% sold on the idea of this book until I began reading it... wow, oh wow. As forty-five-year-old woman who began my career at the age of eighteen in the military. When I became a mother at the age of twenty-five I struggled with balancing my career and home. Often times I felt like I was not digging hard enough or pushing myself far enough to accomplish my goals. Kendra breaks down why the old ways of achievening goals work for me and how women struggle with them because we are different. This book gave me language for this struggle and the guided me towards changing the way I think about my life with regards to goals. I will be talking about this book for a long time.

Thanks to Convergence Books & Netgalley for the review copy.

As a big fan of Kendra Adachi's previous books and her podcast I was looking forward to reading her next book, The Plan. I think it might be a combination of right book wrong time, but The Plan didn't quite meet my expectations for a number of reasons.

First, this book is solidly aimed at female readers. Kendra frequently references women and has a whole chapter dedicated to menstruation. Her rationale is super solid, basically no other planning books are written by or for females so I applaud her in this regard. I don't think Kendra excludes males exactly, she just really is passionate about her audience and that really shows. All this isn't to say that there aren't nuggets of wisdom and truth that anyone can learn from in this book.

Secondly, The Plan is so well done that I experienced being overwhelmed with all of Kendra's lists/acronyms/suggestions to the point where by the time I finished this book I was so exhausted and didn't want to start my own planning journey. She says as much in the book and I think this can work as a great reference book for various times in a readers' life. As a standalone planning book, reading it all in one go can be quite overwhelming.

Lastly, I can't help but feel like The Plan is filled with rehashed details from Kendra's Lazy Genius method, a tool that's already quite extensive. I can see how each tool complements the other but I think The Plan might have worked better as a shorter, supplemental tool to her first book. I can see how if someone hadn't read that book, The Plan has all that information; but I have a feeling Kendra's core audience has already read everything else she's done and might come away feeling like they already knew a good chunk of this information.

I love Kendra's affirmations, and The Plan has them in droves. I found myself soaking truth nuggets in time and again. Like I said before, The Plan was probably the right book at the wrong time for me. I'd recommend this for females who haven't read anything else by Adachi and are looking for a tool unlike anything else on the market.

I am a huge fan of Kendra Adachi's podcast, The Lazy Genius, and of her two previous books, The Lazy Genius Way and The Lazy Genius Kitchen. As a perfectionist, I appreciate how she finds systems and solutions for every day problems while also emphasising the need to realistically assess the season of life and deciding what expectations need to go.

Her new book, The Plan, applies these principles to time management in general. Written by a woman for women, this book emphasises the need to move away from the patriarchal values of efficiency and greatness, focusing instead on how to manage a life where many elements are out of our control, including our hormonal cycle. The first part focuses on Principles (the theory), the second part is Strategies (application), and the final section presents a few pep talks (for instance when we have no motivation or when plans fall through). Throughout the book, Kendra emphasises the need to be kind to ourselves and to notice our physical and emotional needs so that plans can be made to fit them and not the other way around.

A recommended read for fans of the Lazy Genius podcast, Kate Northrup's Do Less, and practical self help for women.

Thank you to Netgalley and Convergent Books for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Burned out on self-help books? Over time management books? Toss out the rest because this is the only one you need! Using easy to understand AND implement concepts, Kendra Adachi reframes everything you've ever been told about productivity.

I love Kendra and The Lazy Genius "way of life" that she teaches. This book is no exception. She has a talent for breaking things down to their essential bits and using those to plan a great life. Highly recommend her new book which covers the WHY and the HOW of planning.

What a unique perspective on time and planning. Kendra, brings a light into this world, including giving ourselves more grace and understanding, as well as recognizing our hormonal cycles and its relation to our amount of energy and ability. Also, just generally recognizing that every day can’t be a copy and paste, repeat into eternity, because we are unique and changing, as well as our loved ones we spend time with.

I am a big fan of Kendra‘s previous book, The Lazy Genius. It actually changed my way of looking at things and simplified my life in so many different ways. I was hoping for more of the same in her new book, but found it a bit too complicated for my liking. Throughout the book, she warns us that we don’t have to try to Implement every idea/plan/list into our lives at once, but there just is so much and so many acronyms and plans to remember that I find my mind was boggled. I left each section feeling that there was just too much brain work and too many things to remember when a good old-fashioned list would get the job done in a simple, easier fashion. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t heed her warning and read the entire book before trying out each section, but unfortunately it just seemed a bit much. Thank you to NetGalley for the advance read copy.

3.5 ⭐️ rounded up

I’m a fan of Kendra and The Lazy Genius (and have read Kendra’s other two books). I’m a planner by nature and was excited Kendra was going to write a time management book. This book is great for anyone feeling overwhelmed by aspects of their life. It has a lot of tips to help navigate seasons and craziness. It felt like maybe too many systems and acronyms at times, but it could be helpful for someone if they don’t read it all at once.

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc.

Kendra Adachi does such a great job of making you not feel alone and helping you give yourself grace, which is exactly what the time management genre is needing. In The Plan, she doesn’t give you a hyper-specific method that will solve all your problems if you never stray from it. She gives you a system that helps you look at your life and the struggles you are having in a different way. A system that allows for pivots and grace. Really enjoyed reading this and i will definitely being revisiting it as new life challenges come up.

Loved how this was a sequel to The Lazy Genius book. My favorite sections are planning a week, a month, a season, and a project. This book is full of easy-to-implement tips and tricks to improve your life, one plan at a time!

In The PLAN, Kendra Adachi brings her Lazy Genius principles to productivity and organization in a way I didn’t know I needed. Her frameworks are practical and flexible and show that the most important piece is figuring out what works for you. Not everything will and that’s okay. I feel like this is a book I will be continually re-reading for the reminders.

Thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for the ARC.

I’m a little bit of a fan of Kendra Adachi’s podcast The Lazy Genius, so it’s very possible that this won’t be a totally unbiased post, except that I think you don’t need to be a fan to appreciate this book. Knowledge of the podcast and the method will certainly help get it quicker, but I don’t think this is a rehash of the podcast or of her previous 2 books. This is more like an expansion and a philosophy.

The Plan gets very high level before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The topic is time management, which is a genre where you’d think everything has been already said and more. But Kendra (can’t help use her first name, she channels a friendly, big sister energy, except I think I’m technically slightly older than she is) proposes a rather new approach. New by combining elements that are often overlooked in traditional time management books.

The Plan is thought for women (not that some of it wouldn’t apply to men), acknowledging that they/we are already struggling with lots of injunctions and social expectations, but also that our body and our cycle do have an influence on our mood, energy level, and overall ability to function. The Plan is not a method that functions in a vacuum and requires you to start from scratch and to follow from a to z. On the contrary, you are free to pick and choose what is better suited to your situation once you’ve understood the underlying approach.

I can see many points in my daily life where I will be able to apply the plan, but to me the best part is the friendly and caring (and easy to remember) ways that Kendra delivers her messages.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book for review consideration.

I have followed Kendra’s work for years. She does an excellent job distilling information into actionable, and memorable steps. I like the acronyms in this book and how each pillar builds on the others. I also recommend following her podcast and reading her other work.

This book is a great "read it and check back in again" guidebook for managing your time and energy effectively. The author does go through things pretty quickly and succinctly so I think future readers will be better served by viewing it as a book that you should mark up and go back to several times as you try to put her theories into practice.

I love Kendra and everything she produces. The plan is an innovated concept and a book needed for a lot of people. Some of the tone around her reason for writing it got annoying to me, but I enjoyed it overall.