The Lazy Genius Way is the perfect gift for the recovering perfectionist on your list, who inists that 2021 is going to be different. Most books about time management and productivity center around career demands. This book focuses around time management and productivity in the home. Whether someone works outside the home or not, everyone has to juggle the demands of eating and laundry. Adachi’s philosophy boils to down to figuring out what is important and excelling there. Then learning to be more efficient and to accept “good enough” with the things that aren’t priorities. The book covers a lot of ground from routines and batching to asking for help and resting. If you know someone committed to getting stuff done in 2021, but who gets a bit stuck in the weeds, this book is for her (or him).
In keeping with the home organization tips mentioned in the book, here’s a product that can help people take control of their cupboards. I’m excited about this 5 peice multi-size container set, in which one peice nestles inside the other for better storage. The lids clip together and the colors help to match the lid and the container efficiently.
For years, I’ve long been buying planners that aren’t exactly what I need and then tweaking them to make them work. And then I discovered The Sweet Life Planner and it was like someone went into my brain and produced my perfect planner. This planner would make an amazing companion gift to The Lazy Genius Way. Get one for yourself too!
I learned about this book though author Kendra Adachi’s brilliant The Lazy Genius podcast, which I featured in the post 5 Life-Changing Podcasts with Brilliant Friends. Learn more about her podcast and some other terrific ones by checking out that post.
Three other books that might be perfect of people setting new year’s resolutions include:
A Year of Living Kindly by Donna Cameron
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Rafflelock