This book is wise, practical, and gracious. I found Adachi's ideas and philosophy on time management to be accessible and easy to implement. The writing is solid and Adachi comes across as a friendly guide to rethinking how you structure your life. I enjoyed reading it in small chunks, not finding it necessary to read the whole thing cover to cover. It's easy to pick up and find a helpful tidbit.

This was a helpful read for a brain that feels scattered. Kendra's approach honors you as a nuanced person whose needs are vast and ever changing. She helps you find direction in ways that are unique to you. This books fills a void in the productivity sphere.

I’ve been a Kendra fan for a long time and this might be her best book yet. Grateful that the Lazy Genius principles continue to evolve and impact so many families.

A feminist take on time management and planning and how to lessen the load that ends up on women's laps at work and home Some interesting ideas here. There is a chapter on the menstrual cycle that does not fit anymore with my life stage but interesting concept. There were some tidbits in here I can put into action.

Thank you to Netgalley and Convergent Books for an ARC and I voluntarily left this review.

The Plan offers an insightful and deeply personal approach to personal planning specifically tailored for women. What sets this work apart is its unique blend of practical advice and psychological understanding, providing readers with more than just a standard self-help manual. The author skillfully deconstructs common thought patterns, offering a compassionate and strategic approach.
The writing feels supportive, presenting guidance that reads like advice from a trusted mentor who genuinely believes in the reader's potential. Each tip and strategy is carefully crafted to be not just theoretical, but immediately actionable. Unlike many planning guides that can feel abstract or disconnected, this book excels in providing concrete, implementable processes that readers can integrate into their lives with clarity and confidence.
One of the book's greatest strengths is its empathetic tone. The advice comes across with a sense of collaboration between the author and reader. Kendra demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the female psychological barriers that often impede women's personal and professional planning, offering insights that are both enlightening and transformative.

The tone felt condescending at times, and overwhelmingly negative. I'm not really sure who this book was written for, and I didn't find enough tips and tricks to take away to make it feel worth it.

Kendra Adachi’s first book and podcast, The Lazy Genius has helped me in so many areas of my parenting journey, that I devoured her newest book as soon as possible. The Plan is a time management book written by a woman for women, with women’s minds and schedules at the forefront. Kendra provides a novel way of looking at time management that embraces the mess that my spheres of influence are always in, and provides clear cut tips and tricks for helping me come up with my own plan. Her practical tools are a breath of fresh air for this flustered mom of three.

(Preliminary 5 ⭐️ rating…keep reading to find out why.)

I am about halfway through, but I already know this book is going to change my frame of mind about so many things! As a recovering perfectionist who loves to make a plan, I have tried a lot of strategies and tricks and planners and systems…and usually I just end up exhausted. This book is different, I can just tell!* It’s about showing yourself compassion when planning, knowing that failing is ok, and it has been kindly guiding vs. overhauling. Y’all!!! I can’t wait to keep reading and growing as a human and a woman. Once again, thank you for just getting it Kendra Adachi!

*And it’s not just because there is a whole chapter about periods and hormones!

Thank you to Convergent and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

I’m not generally a consumer of self-help books, but I heard an excerpt from this audio book on the Office Ladies podcast and was immediately drawn in. As a career-oriented woman with a busy family life, this book felt like a therapy session. The steps in the plan aren’t really anything groundbreaking, and even though it sounds like common sense stuff, it still felt like an epiphany in some ways. I would say this book is targeted to working mothers based on the examples and scenarios given throughout, but this book would really be helpful for anyone that feels like they have too many conflicting priorities and not enough hours in the day.

When I saw Kendra was coming out with another book and it was about planning, I was excited to read and see what genius tips she could impart. The beginning of the book she is painting a picture, in my mind more a philosophy of sorts of how to go about planning. She does a deep dive into a few aspects of thought processes and certain areas that should be understood in your life before going about planning. She does this in a very witty back and forth conversationalist kind of way. It is funny and I enjoyed that part. I do like the very practical tips toward the last third of the book as well. A good portion of the beginning was a little overwhelming though explaining the pyramid and different areas of thoughtful planning. For simplifying, it seemed a little excessive on the rules of simplifing. I feel like one major piece was missing from this book and that was the God aspect. I feel like God and faith were very much standardly mentioned but not at its core integrated within. So, in my personal opinion that could have made this book a lot better. There was also some ideology that I didn’t totally agree with, including some new age thinking, which really is a red flag for me when applying principles, like she suggests in the book. However, I appreciate the practicality of things mentioned and the different approach of how to go about to plan.

I'm a big fan of Kendra Adachi, her prior books, and her podcast, but this book was a big disappoint for me. I'm a quick reader, but this book took me a long time to read. While I enjoy Kendra's writing style for this genre of book (it feels we are sitting on her couch and she's just chatting with me), I felt like it was a little too chatty and not enough substance. When reading a self-help type book, I like to have at least one or two clear takeaways of actions to take. With this book, there were too many plans with the PLAN that I'm really not sure how to put her recommendations into action. I do appreciate her overall messaging that you aren't going to be perfect at all the things, so you need to pick what is most important at this point in time and give yourself grace for the other items.

Thank you Convergent Books for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I have enjoyed this author’s other books, but this one wasn’t for me. The audio narration was well done by the author.

This book is fantastic! I deeply appreciate how thoroughly Kendra‘s perspective takes into consideration womanhood. While so many things are dictated by culture and society in relation to the expectations put upon us, Kendra has done a phenomenal job of considering all those pieces and still developing practical encouragement and tools that effectively slice through the fluff. This book offers a perspective that stands in stark contrast to what the world’s messaging is constantly bombarding us with. It feels like a breath of fresh air and full of so much hope while helping manage a very real part of life. All the stars!

The Plan by Kendra Adachi is her plan to help you decide what is important to you and lazy about the things that don’t matter to you. I really wanted to like this book since I like her podcast but honestly I didn’t care for it. She focused so much on the patriarchy and her monthly cycle that it took away from the usefulness of the book. I will stick with the podcast from now on.

Thanks NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion.

I stated this book certain I would like it since I enjoy listening to the author's podcast, The Lazy Genius Way. I slothed through more than half of this book before I admitted this is not for me. I should have not ignored the red flags, so to say, of the first part where she incessantly talks about patriarchy and how it makes all women tired, basically.
I am sure there are good things and useful things in this book, but it's not for me at this moment.

If you want a time management book written for women and feels like advice coming from a big sister, this is it!

I’ve loved Kendra Adachi’s books, The Lazy Genius and The Lazy Genius Cookbook, and this book is a great addition to those!

She gives simple tools and planning techniques to help you better manage your time, all wrapped into one acronym: PLAN, which stands for Prepare, Live, Adjust, and Notice.

My favorite part was the section on women’s hormones and menstrual cycle, and using it to our advantage.

I love that this book recognizes the unique challenges and opportunities that women have, as opposed to most time management books that mainly focus on men and the flow of a business day.

I feel like this is a book that I’ll continue to refer to for the strategies and pep talks included.

I gave this book four stars and I highly recommend it!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC.

I am a big fan of the Lazy Genius podcast and Kendra's two other books. While I enjoyed this one, I think her original book is the best if you are starting your lazy genius journey. I felt that there was some overlap in that book and this one.

I cannot overstate how lucky we are to live and breathe the same air as Kendra Adachi. Dramatic? Perhaps. But she walks the balance of challenging us while empowering us with grace and kindness toward ourselves like no one I have ever read before. This book is so eye-opening, so smart and witty, so helpful, and so grace-filled. I will recommend it to all the women I know.

There is a lot of information in this book, but my favorite quotes are:

“Chill, babygirl.”
“If weird is you. Be weird.”
“My goal is to keep you from floor moaning”

The Plan integrates the Lazy Genius principles and steps with a new set of guidelines to help women manage their time. Kendra Adachi points out that 93% of time management books are written by and for men, particularly by men who do not have bosses or have to manage the daily workings of a household with children. The other glaring difference between men and women also comes into play with time management, our hormone cycles.

This book starts by diving a bit deeper than expected into the psychology and physiology of women and what we need to recognize to manage our time.
The guidelines of The Plan are easy to follow when spelled out simply, as in the reference guide in the background of the book, but the process was a bit meandering for me while J listened. Once Adachi got into working through the steps and giving examples, a la The Lazy Genius, it all started to come together.

This book is a good read for any woman, particularly mothers, to help create a to do list and have the executive function to get it done. But the pep talks and reference guide were my favorite part of the whole thing.

Adachi is also now releasing The Playbooks, four seasonal notebooks to help implement the plan. I’ve already put them on my Christmas list!

The Plan by Kendra Adachi is a refreshing, down-to-earth guide to simplifying life in a way that makes sense. Adachi’s "Lazy Genius" approach centers on embracing what truly matters to you while letting go of what doesn’t—an empowering concept that resonates in a world often filled with a lot of pressure that we should be able to do it all. The advice provided in her latest book feels achievable and realistic, because there's no one-size-fits-all solution to any problem, and Adachi recognizes that.

As a faithful social media follower and reader of Adachi's previous works, I am thrilled to have another of her books in my arsenal to keep working towards being a Lazy Genius.