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Best Laid Plans

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 H... Read more

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Quintile 4: Guide to Planning and Thinking Through the Season EP 159

Quintile 4: Guide to Planning and Thinking Through the Season EP 159

In this episode, Sarah provides a guide to planning + thinking through Quintile 4! She touches on all aspects of plannin... Read more

14 Aug 2023

21mins

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August Q&A: Planning in Challenging Life Phases, Planner Rec for 2 Teen Boys, Big Weekly Planners, Dangling Task Management, Planner-Shy, and More! EP 158

August Q&A: Planning in Challenging Life Phases, Planner Rec for 2 Teen Boys, Big Weekly Planners, Dangling Task Management, Planner-Shy, and More! EP 158

In this Q&A episode, Sarah provides her take on listener questions:Q1: Planning during challenging life phasesQ2: Ba... Read more

7 Aug 2023

30mins

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Organize 365 x Best Laid Plans: Lisa Woodruff Interviews Sarah for the Back to School Blitz EP 157

Organize 365 x Best Laid Plans: Lisa Woodruff Interviews Sarah for the Back to School Blitz EP 157

Today's episode is a little bit of a departure from the regular format - Sarah shares an interview Lisa Woodruff did wit... Read more

31 Jul 2023

43mins

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Daily Rituals + 3 Mini-Reviews: Passion Planner, Rad & Happy, and Performance Lab's Focus Planner EP 156

Daily Rituals + 3 Mini-Reviews: Passion Planner, Rad & Happy, and Performance Lab's Focus Planner EP 156

In part 1 of today's episode, Sarah presents 3 mini-reviews -- clearing out her to-be-reviewed stash!1) Rad & Happy ... Read more

24 Jul 2023

27mins

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Decluttering, Organizing, and Stuff: Past, Present, and Future EP 155

Decluttering, Organizing, and Stuff: Past, Present, and Future EP 155

In today's episode, Sarah discusses the planning-adjacent topic of organizing and curating our spaces and stuff. She sha... Read more

17 Jul 2023

21mins

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July Q&A: Getting Started with Longer-Team Goal Setting, Paper 101, Planner for a Nontraditional Student, Erasable Pens & More EP 154

July Q&A: Getting Started with Longer-Team Goal Setting, Paper 101, Planner for a Nontraditional Student, Erasable Pens & More EP 154

In this Q&A, Sarah answers questions about:1) Becoming more comfortable with setting longer term (monthly, seasonal,... Read more

10 Jul 2023

24mins

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Real-Life Planner Interview: Stacy Mellem and her Franklin-Covey Journey EP 153

Real-Life Planner Interview: Stacy Mellem and her Franklin-Covey Journey EP 153

In today's episode, Sarah interviews Stacy Mellem, a devoted Franklin-Covey user for over 30 years! Stacy shares how she... Read more

3 Jul 2023

34mins

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Summer Adventures in Disc-Bound Planning - Inkwell Press EP:152

Summer Adventures in Disc-Bound Planning - Inkwell Press EP:152

Sarah discusses her prior hesitancy around planners with rings and discs, and then delves into her current unexpected lo... Read more

26 Jun 2023

26mins

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Summer Goals Revisited, Review of Mark's Monthly, and Photo Management Follow Up EP 151

Summer Goals Revisited, Review of Mark's Monthly, and Photo Management Follow Up EP 151

In today's episode, Sarah revisits her own summer planning and discusses how she shifted her goals to reflect current pr... Read more

19 Jun 2023

25mins

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2023: Life + Planning Updates (Where It Started / How It's Going) EP 150

2023: Life + Planning Updates (Where It Started / How It's Going) EP 150

Life update episode! Sarah shares what is going well this year, and things that have been more challenging -- plus an up... Read more

12 Jun 2023

26mins

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