The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius

by Kendra J. Adachi

“Contentment doesn’t stimulate economic activity.”

Brené Brown describes integration as “wholehearted living” and suggests letting go of these ten things in order to live wholeheartedly: What people think Perfectionism Numbing and powerlessness Scarcity and fear of the dark Need for certainty Comparison Exhaustion as a status symbol or productivity as self-worth

Traditional Western society’s assumptions about women and the expectations put upon us are necessary considerations as we explore what it means to live our lives well.

will now tell you that you can. You can trust yourself. Will you get it right all the time? No. No one does. Will you sometimes have incomplete information and wish you had made a different choice? Of course you will. Will you be swayed by others’ opinions, choices, and needs? Get in line, pal. But that doesn’t mean you are inherently untrustworthy. It just means you’re human like everybody else.

Not everything can matter. A plan is an intention, not pass-fail. External solutions will not solve internal problems.

normalize letting certain things go for the sake of doing what matters most.

Name the season you’re in and make it as small as you can.

living needs its own boundaries to keep it from getting out of whack, so hold tight to these three mindsets: Do not judge every day against your best day. Contentment is the antidote to optimization. You’re allowed to care.

Big Black Trash Bag Energy is the frenzied frustration that everything is falling apart and the only way out is to completely start over.

one of the smartest, most effective skills you can learn is how to adjust, and in The PLAN, we do that by starting small.

When you’re struggling to adjust with small steps, these three mindsets can help bring balance again: Match your expectations to the energy you’re willing to give. Now isn’t forever. You’re allowed to change your mind.

Going from nothing to everything is not a sustainable jump.

Staying grounded is better than staying on task. Your body is wise. Good is here right now.

I strongly believe that learning to pivot is more important than learning to plan. If you take nothing else from this book but these five steps, I consider your investment here fruitful.

A brain dump is a decision queue. It is the holding pen for all the things that could go on your to-do list, making what is overwhelming, necessary, or important visible.