Check out this month’s book review of “The Plan: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius” by Kendra Adachi. This book is about time management and is uniquely designed for women.
Back in January, I was in the mood for reading a time management book and had just discovered a podcast called “The Lazy Genius” by Kendra Adachi. I found her super interesting, and she was pitching her latest book, “The Plan: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius,” so I checked it on my Libby Library app and couldn’t put it down.
Even if you think you don’t need another time management book, think again because Adachi delivers a unique message about time management, which is specially designed for women.
Adachi’s Lazy Genius theme is “Be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don’t.” She incorporates her lazy genius principles into a new way of looking at time management geared for women.
She believes the current and trendy time management paradigm of “seeking greatness through an imagined future” is not for women. In her book, she clearly outlines strategies suited to women’s lives in their present season. Women need to start where they are and set goals suited to our present situation, according to Adachi.
Adachi advises beginning not with where you want to be but with what matters most right now. She believes most of us miss the present moment because we are so hung up on planning for the future. According to Adachi, we forget how to enjoy the moment when we only focus on getting things done.
“Not everything can matter,” she reminds her readers. She advises us to be more singular about what we tackle and make it small by breaking it down into specifics. Matching up your expectations with your available energy is essential, she says, if you want to live well.
My favorite take from her book is starting each day by asking yourself and naming, ‘What matters the most?’ It may change depending on where you are, and that’s okay! She also emphasizes the importance of flexibility in planning since “something that works today doesn’t have to work tomorrow.”
I had recommended the book to a friend, and she loved it as well. However, she advised that I read the first “Lazy Genius Way” book to better understand and practice the strategies in “The Plan.” I’m ordering both of these books to have and to hold so I can go back over them, make notes, and learn oodles of strategies and advice about planning better.
