The Lazy Genius Way

This was fine. It was sort of all over the place (everything from how to stay on top of laundry to how to create deep friendships), and it had the underwhelming thesis of “moderation in all things,” which Hesiod beat her to by about 2700 years. Still, there were some good reminders about applying The Middle Path in specific circumstances.

However, the level of Jesus talk in this was a real distraction. It's not clear from the blurb/cover that this book is explicitly for Christians - there's not just references to the author's life that include church, etc., but advice about how Yahweh loves the reader, blah blah blah. Not what I was looking for.

This book is a bit of the author - who also has a podcast - clarifying and working through examples of how to use lazy genius principles to focus on what matters to you in any given space and let all other expectations go. It seems silly, but the author helps to give you permission to choose what you care about and be honest that you can't care about everything at the same level all the time, and why would you, even?

I liked it. It's a little bit memoir, and it's a little bit self-help.

I think the most enjoyable part is how real Kendra feels - the author feels like your friend or someone you know really well.