1. What's mentioned and what's helpful... Choose Your Own Adventure Tomato Sauce Save Your Life with Pasta Mondays Lazy Genius Ingredient #1: Frozen Meatballs The Lazy Genius Shops at Aldi (and, yes, they totally take credit cards everywhere now!) 2. Don't miss an episode again. Have you subscribed yet? New episodes are released every Monday morning, so do the Lazy Genius thing and have them pop into your phone automatically. Head here to make it happen with one click. Or if you're already in your podcast app, hit subscribe! I'm so happy you're here! This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Check out the stuff mentioned in the episode! a fabulous collection of house hunters memes my personal style pinterest board, inspired by my Kathleen Kelly roller girl the monday uniform post The Psychology of Eating Podcast Style and Styleability, the fashion course by Hilary Rushford Carol Tuttle's Dress Your Truth 2. All of your suggestions of where to shop! Anthropologie Pilcro Shorts - recommended by a TON of you and lauded as life-changers Nordstrom Rack - literally dozens and dozens of recommendations J. Jill - lots of mentions and even more disclaimers that it's not all "old lady" clothes :) Loft - possibly the highest number of recommendations, especially for basics and during sales JCrew - many of you swear by their shorts and t-shirt dresses Madewell - responsibly sourced and just trendy enough Lularoe - a lot of you sing the praises of their leggings and casual dresses a handful mentioned these drawstring linen pants from Nordstrom as their summer go-to Boden - beautiful, classy investment pieces the most intriguing suggestion - raw silk tees that cost a fortune but look UHMAZING and last forever Lou & Grey - with the tagline "Clothing for a Comfortably Confident Life" and reasonable prices, this brand could be a new favorite a vocal minority were all in for Title Nine shorts Garnet Hill - pricey but some great natural fiber pieces, especially if you can grab them on sale A.N.A. from JCPenney - I've actually gotten a few pieces from this brand, and it's a great one... although I recommend trying stuff on in the store or getting in-store returns since they tend to look differently on your own human body than in the photos. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Read some posts to make the episode even better! The Baby Stuff I'd Rescue In a Fire - all my favorite items from Annie's first year of life Don't Carpe Diem - the super viral post by Glennon Doyle Melton that made me feel like a normal mom When You're Not Excited About Having a New Baby - just in case you have feelings that you're afraid to say out loud 2. In case you want more of the record player stuff... I talked about a record player... we were given a Crosley three-speed last year similar to this one but in teal. And our go-to record right now? The soundtrack from La La Land. Bonkers good. And if you like moody background music, this one by S. Carey is a personal favorite that's on repeat A LOT. 3. Get your freebie from the episode! This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Read this week's Lazy Genius post! One of my favorite things I've ever written: Who's Your Cleaning Spirit Animal? 2. Check out the stuff mentioned! A Loving Home Doesn't Have to Be a Clean One The Simple Path to Beating Frustration How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind by Dana K. White The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo FlyLady's website 3. The Ten Principles of Keeping a Home freebie is undergoing a brand refresh, but it’ll be back soon. How about a download of the Lazy Genius principles instead? Grab it here. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Check out the Pinterest board! A good start on ideas for your walls as well as examples of The Rule of One. 2. Here are the posts and items mentioned in the episode. When It Doesn't Matter That Your Walls Are Ugly Slant Design Handcraft - I have the Blossom of Snow sign, a custom sign of Annie's name, and the Kill with Kindness shirt. Great shop, great guy. Letterfolk - Get the The Wordsmith. I love my Poet, but I'm going to save up for the big one. Such beautiful, easy impact. Lindsay Letters - I have a couple of her calligraphy prints, and I'm saving up for her Oceans canvas. Huge and gorgeous. The Magical Way to Transform a Photo The Nester's Cozy Minimalist Course - The course is currently closed, but join the waitlist! You won't regret it for a second. Photo clips like these are an easy, cute way to hang prints. Don't forget about Command Hooks. Or eye hooks for wooden signs. 3. Join The Lazy Genius Collective! Get encouragement in your inbox. The best stuff goes to the mailing list, so I hope you join us! This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Read a few Lazy Genius breakfast posts. How to Have a Sit-Down Breakfast with On-the-Go Ease The Best Granola EVER Three Essential Breakfast Recipes (pancakes, waffles, dairy-free mocha walnut muffins) Blueberry Corn Muffins Make-Ahead Parfait Jars Smoothie Booster Cubes 2. Check out the Pinterest board. A great place to start with ideas for sweet and savory items, toast toppings, and more. Use these to start your own board of ideas! 3. Never miss another Lazy Genius moment. Every Sunday afternoon, I send you an email so we can stay friends, and occasionally those emails include sneak peeks, early access, and any other perk friends get. I would absolutely love for you to join this community. I'm honored by every single one of you. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After you listen... I've collected a few easy party options that won't make you crazy but are still super cute. tiny cookie cutters for cute touches if you have the mental bandwidth stupid easy chocolate-dipped pretzels the Saturday Night Live candle video How to Throw a Little Kid Party Without Requiring Alcohol How to Never Run Out of Food At Your Party Again An Ode to Being Super Mom You Don't Have to Make Your Little Kids' Halloween Costumes Confessions of a Guilty Mom: PTA Edition Follow Kendra on Instagram: @thelazygenius This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A few things for after you listen... Small talk is the worst, but it doesn't have to be. How to Find Your People On the first season of The Lazy Genius Podcast, Emily V. Gordon talks about making friends in a new city. My sister and I talk about how fangirling is a way to find your people and be a better mom. The Popcast's terrific episode on Best Fictional Duos Make friends here, too! The Lazy Genius Collective is a good community. Follow @thelazygenius on Instagram to interact with other like-minded people, and I'd love for us to be friends in your inbox. I send out an email once a week, and your replies are always fun to read. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, I share ways to come up with great gift ideas and actually remember them. After you listen and what you heard when you did: I've gathered some of my favorite unique gift ideas for bakers, gardeners, readers, and nerds. Do you keep hearing about the Bullet Journal but have no idea where to start? I've got you covered. Fascinated by the shirt covered in lines from Jane Eyre? Get yours at Litographs. I have the Nancy Drew shirt and love it. My favorite Etsy shops will make you super happy. I love Uncommon Goods for... wait for it... uncommon gifts. This music video about giving somebody a candle is one of my favorite things ever to come out of Saturday Night Live. Get your gift list freebie! Follow Kendra on Instagram @thelazygenius This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You should be shopping at Aldi, and if you already are, you could be shopping smarter! Kendra shares her favorite tips and items from the store that saves us all so much money. For after you listen: An Aldi Pinterest Board Bizarro Meal Prep That Changes the Game - my personal take on not wasting anything, especially with all that inexpensive Aldi produce Smoothie Booster Cubes - all of those extra greens get blended up with hippie seeds and powders and frozen into cubes for quick and healthy smoothie making If you like what you hear and don't want to miss another thing, join the mailing list! I promise to keep my visits to your inbox purposeful and super fun. Welcome to the Lazy Genius family! Follow Kendra on Instagram @thelazygenius This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emily and Kendra talk again but this time about their favorite lazy geniuses on television. Spoiler: a lot of them are jerks or kind of annoying. What does that mean?! But really they're just people who don't spend a lot of time worrying about what others think, and that can't be bad. Do your favorites make the list? Where to find Emily: Instagram: @emilypfreeman Emily P. Freeman online Where to find Kendra: Instagram: @thelazygenius The Lazy Genius Collective online This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emily Freeman is the perfect balance of boss lady and soul whisperer. She gets stuff done and has the work to prove it but her goal is to create space for your soul to breathe, and our souls can't breathe if we're drowning in hustle. Listen as Emily and Kendra talk about the difference in dreaming about your ideas and actually making them happen, how they get in their own creative rhythms, and how you can, too. Where to find Emily: Instagram: @emilypfreeman Emily P. Freeman online Where to find Kendra: Instagram: @thelazygenius The Lazy Genius Collective This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He didn't own a cell phone until 2014, he does a mean Cookie Monster impression, and he's the laziest of all geniuses. In this episode, Kendra talks with her husband about their lazy genius marriage and the torrid story of how they met. It's a little scandalous. Where to find Kaz: Nowhere. He's an Internet hermit. Where to find Kendra: Instagram: @thelazygenius Visit Kendra online at The Lazy Genius Collective. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing the coolest girl ever with the coolest job ever. Addie Jones is a stylist, decorator, and creative ninja. She's also incredibly kind and generous with her ideas and encouragement. Kendra and Addie chat about her jobs, the craziest thing she's ever hung in an Anthro store, and how to see your house with fresh eyes. Where to find Addie... Her design business Twine and Twill Pinterest: /twineandtwill Instagram: @twineandtwill This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you love The Nester? Not as much as this guy. Chad Smith is husband to The Nester and has been a teacher, youth pastor, coach, and dad to three teenage boys. He knows a lot about parenting and grace and people, and you'll learn a lot from his insights. Where to find Chad: Chad's Instagram: @chadsmithis Site for Mantime Instagram for Mantime: @mantimeus Where to find Kendra: Instagram: @thelazygenius Want to be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't? Check out The Lazy Genius Collective online. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie Golden, co-host of The Popcast, joins Kendra to talk baking. They share tips to help you not wash dishes ever again, how to make cupcakes that will change your life, and how chafing helps you remember the difference between baking powder and baking soda. Where to find Jamie: Instagram: @jamiebgolden Twitter: @jamiebgolden The Popcast with Knox and Jamie Where to find Kendra: Instagram: @thelazygenius Join The Lazy Genius Collective and always be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Funny, honest, and a real Lazy Genius, Mary and Kendra have a conversation about kids, goals, marriage, and everything in between. Sometimes it's hard to be a person, and Mary gets that. She also makes you feel okay for not liking it all the time. Where to find Mary: Mary's blog: Giving Up on Perfect Mary's Instagram: @marycarver Mary's Facebook: /givinguponperfect Mary's book: Choose Joy This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meg is creative, chill, and a mom of five teenagers. In this episode, she candidly and generously shares her experiences in parenting grown people who still live in your house. Her words are kind, honest, and freeing. I can't wait for you to listen to this episode and get encouragement from Meg. Meg's post on raising teenagers that we all didn't know we desperately needed. Meg's amazing Instagram feed that will make you so happy: @megduerksen Follow Kendra on Instagram @thelazygenius. This podcast is hosted by Kendra Adachi and executive produced by Kendra Adachi, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices