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Unexpected Things Happen: Sarah's Current Challenges EP 241
A common question sent into BLP is about planning in the face of hard things or uncertainty. This episode is a raw/current one about some challenges Sarah is going through now and how she is going to try to handle them. Please note: this episode was recorded from a hospital room with no special mic so the sound quality might be a little different.
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Intentional + Sisterly Planning with Azizi and Malika of the Happier Ladies! EP 240
Today, Sarah has a really fun and conversational chat with Azizi Williams and Malika Amandi, otherwise known as the Happier Ladies! These sister started a podcast inspired by the work of Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft, and share a love for planning, experiments, goal setting, and accountability (to each other, as well as their listeners). Azizi and Malika share their favorite tools, planning rituals, and more.
Their podcast can be found here; https://happierladies.wixsite.com/mysite
Episode 60 + 61 (Festival of Planning!) is here: https://happierladies.wixsite.com/mysite/episodes/episode/6b09e00f/festival-of-planning-60 and https://happierladies.wixsite.com/mysite/episodes/episode/20b7dee1/festival-of-planning-part-2-61
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February Q&A: Planning for the Family, Managing Goals Lists + Big Projects, Planning in Pregnancy, and Keeping Track of Things You Want to Read (Eventually) EP 239
In today's episode, Sarah answers questions accumulated in the month of February! Topics include:
- How do you deal with planning events for family members (ie camp, bday parties, etc!)
- How do I integrate goals lists into my planning when I feel like I have endless detailed lists dedicated to complicated projects?
(Nested Goals ep: https://theshubox.com/2024/01/episode-182-nested-goals-explained.html)
- Advice for planning in pregnancy + the postpartum period?
- How does Sarah use the calendar pages in the Hobonichi Weeks?
- How do you organize things "to be read" later that aren't books? (Magazine articles, journal articles, browser tabs, etc)?
- Where can I fit in my morning planning routine (working mom with a baby!)
- Notion Template mentioned by Malika: https://shop.muchelleb.com.au/collections/notion-templates
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PrepDish: Convenient meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists to reduce your weekly mental load! Visit prepdish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE
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Top 10 Tools: Planning & Planning Adjacent Favorites EP 238
In today's episode, Sarah shares her top 10 (plus maybe a bonus!) Planning + Planning Adjacent Tools! For specific links, visit https://theshubox.com/organize!
1) Kokuyo Campus Notebooks
2) Uniball Jetstream Pens (0.5 and 0.38 size)
3) Zebra Mildliners in pastel colors - especially used to create little squares for checkboxes!
4) Apple's Screen Time App + Widget
5) Stalogy Short Sticky Notes (plus bonus mention: Midori Sticky Notes Monthly Block)
6) The Essential Calendar (Sarah is an affiliate, so you can use code BESTLAIDPLANS or visit https://www.theessentialcalendar.com/BESTLAIDPLANS for 10% off)
7) Apple Notes, especially for tracking travel docs and kid-related frequent reference
8) Strava to track running
9) Feedly for blog reading
10) Creating podcast playlists
11) Erin Condren Whiteboard (Custom Color Weekly Schedule Wall Organization Center)
SPONSORS:
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PrepDish: Convenient meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists to reduce your weekly mental load! Visit prepdish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE
Mint Mobile: Low-cost wireless phone service – a great way to save every single month! Learn more at mintmobile.com/BLP
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Morning Routines + Some Exciting News EP 237
Today's episode is dedicated to all things morning routine! Sarah shares her own (in detail) and discusses all of the questions to ask yourself if you're looking to add a bit more to your mornings (or not!).
And, she shares some exciting book news -- Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Live That You Love will be out in January 2026!!
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Green Chef: Thrive all year with clean, easy meals from Green Chef. Visit greenchef.com/bestlaidfree and use code bestlaidfree for free salads for 2 months plus 50% off your first box!
PrepDish: Convenient meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists to reduce your weekly mental load! Visit prepdish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE
Mint Mobile: Low-cost wireless phone service - a great way to save every single month! Learn more at mintmobile.com/BLP
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Welcome to Best Laid Plans -- a podcast all about planning and the planning tools we love. From planning techniques and organizing philosophies to planners and notebooks, we cover it all. Host Sarah Hart-Unger is a mother of 3, physician, podcasting pro, and a lover of lists and all things paper! Listen in weekly for conversations about planning and productivity as well as product reviews and interviews with planning experts!