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Best Laid Plans Sarah Hart-Unger
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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!
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September Q&A: Planning "Syllabus", Planner Conferences, Teaching Kids to Use Planners, Pregnancy Planners, Daily Planners without Timeslots + More!
In today's episode, Sarah tackles 5 listener questions and provides two pieces of listener feedback!
Question topics:
1) Planners to Track/Memory-Keep in Pregnancy
2) Daily planners without a timeline
3) Teaching kids to plan
4) Planner conferences (ie, Go Wild and others)
5) Concept of "syllabus" for your planning
Feedback:
1) Help for the Passion Planner user a bit embarrassed by her planner (but otherwise loves it)
2) Support for the mom with young kids undergoing multiple life transitions and her frustration with needing to 'plan better'
Keep the questions coming!!
Episode Sponsors:
Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!
Green Chef: Clean eating with ingredients shipped directly to your door. Go to GreenChef.com/60plans and use code 60dtt to get 60% off plus free shipping!
Contact:
Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans
Send me a text or voice memo - (305) 697-7189
Do something IRL and learn about Best Laid Plans LIVE in South Florida: https://theshubox.com/courses
Sign up for my newsletter: https://theshubox.com/newsletter
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How Teachers Plan + How Can Students Plan from a Teacher's Perspective
The teacher planning episode is here! This episode opens with clips and tips from veteran teachers who share their planning tips and favorite products. Then, Sarah speaks with Hannah Taylor, an online history teacher with a passion for helping students plan well, no matter what their educational environment (virtual, home, or in-person).
Hannah discusses techniques and ideas for getting middle and high schoolers to plan well, with some thoughts on how parents can be involved -- but still promote independence.
Hannah can be found at www.HannahJTaylor.com and on Instagram @buildingasocialstudieslibrary
Thanks again to Robyn, Kelly, Cynthia, Jesse, and Sarah (TX) for sharing their knowledge!
Episode Sponsors:
Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!
Green Chef: Clean eating with ingredients shipped directly to your door. Go to GreenChef.com/60plans and use code 60dtt to get 60% off plus free shipping!
Contact:
Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans
Send me a text or voice memo - (305) 697-7189
Do something IRL and learn about Best Laid Plans LIVE in South Florida: https://theshubox.com/courses
Sign up for my newsletter: https://theshubox.com/newsletter
Leave me a review if you can (Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-laid-plans/id1525311647)
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Top Work Tips (Planning-Adjacent!)
In this planning adjacent episode timed especially for Labor Day, Sarah shares her favorite work tips, from strategizing to use vacation time well to creating an effective email strategy. Also: avoid bad pens at all cost :)
Episode Sponsors:
Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!
Green Chef: Clean eating with ingredients shipped directly to your door. Go to GreenChef.com/60plans and use code 60dtt to get 60% off plus free shipping!
Contact:
Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans
Send me a text or voice memo - (305) 697-7189
Do something IRL and learn about Best Laid Plans LIVE in South Florida: https://theshubox.com/courses
Sign up for my newsletter: https://theshubox.com/newsletter
Leave me a review if you can (Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-laid-plans/id1525311647)
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Hobonichi 2024 + Best Laid Plans Academy Round 3
In today's episode, Sarah talks all about the Hobonichi 2024 release, including what she loves about these planners, changes for this year, and more. She then discusses several Hobonichi-inspired brands, including:
Aura Estelle: https://www.auraestelle.com
Wonderland 222: https://wonderland222.com
Sterling Ink: https://sterling-ink.com
She then discusses the next round of Best Laid Plans Academy, sharing several testimonials from the last round and explaining the structure + goals of the program.
Registration will be offered initially via the newsletter so please subscribe at theshubox.com/newsletter if you'd like to have the first opportunity to sign up!
Sponsors:
PrepDish: Healthy and strategic meal planning! Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE
Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!
Green Chef: Clean eating with ingredients shipped directly to your door. Go to GreenChef.com/60plans and use code 60dtt to get 60% off plus free shipping!
Contact:
Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans
Send me a text or voice memo - (305) 697-7189
Do something IRL and learn about Best Laid Plans LIVE in South Florida: https://theshubox.com/courses
Sign up for my newsletter: https://theshubox.com/newsletter
Leave me a review if you can (Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-laid-plans/id1525311647)
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Planning x Crafts: Planning to Enjoy the Hobbies You Love with Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Sherri McConnell shares her patterns, techniques, and so much more at A Quilting Life -- and one of her passions is to help those who love quilting to find time to truly enjoy their hobby and craft! She chats with Sarah about her journey in crafting, the quilting planner she designed herself (!!)), and her suggestions for those looking to find more time to enjoy the things they love. Sherri is also a Best Laid Plans Academy member - she participated in the Spring 2023 cohort and some of her favorite things about the program!
Note: Best Laid Plans Academy Round 3 will open for registration September 1, with first signup access via the newsletter! Subscribe at https://theshubox.com/newsletter
Where to Find Sherri: Website: https://www.aquiltinglife.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AQuiltingLife
Her planner at Target: https://www.target.com/p/a-quilting-life-planner-and-workbook-by-sherri-l-mcconnell-spiral-bound/
Episode Sponsors:
Earth Breeze: Liquid-free laundry detergent! Go earthbreeze.com/plans to get started and receive 40% off your new subscription!
PrepDish: Healthy and strategic meal planning! Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE
Vivaia: Comfortable, beautiful, and sustainable shoes! Go to vivaia.com to get 15% off your purchase with the code PLANS
Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!
Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans
Send me a text or voice memo - (305) 697-7189
Do something IRL and learn about Best Laid Plans LIVE in South Florida: https://theshubox.com/courses
Sign up for my newsletter: https://theshubox.com/newsletter
Leave me a review if you can (Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-laid-plans/id1525311647)
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Quintile 4: Guide to Planning and Thinking Through the Season
In this episode, Sarah provides a guide to planning + thinking through Quintile 4! She touches on all aspects of planning this back-to-school season which can be jarring and a lot of moving parts for many! Consider listening to this with your notebook or laptop and pausing to start your own planning process.
Note: If you are interested in more in-depth seasonal planning sessions with Sarah in the future, Best Laid Plans: Planning Your Seasons will be launching in 2024, with registration opening in October. To be among the initial group notified be sure to join Sarah's newsletter (theshubox.com/newsletter).
Episode Sponsors:
Vivaia: Beautiful, comfortable, and sustainable footwear. Go to vivaia.com to get 15% off your purchase with the code PLANS
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Customer Reviews
Best pod for planning ideas!
I’m not a natural planner, but I’ve learned it helps to have some structure in my life! Sarah makes it fun and I love her perspective and ability to get me thinking ahead. …Also, I appreciate the pics on the shubox. I’ve just finished “perusing the archives” of pods. One suggestion I have is that if Sarah has a busy week she could read one of her blog posts from the past and give any updates she wants. I’ll never have time to dig into that back catalog and prefer listening! I really enjoyed her guest episodes especially the one on focusing and the one with Lani, as well as the top “5” work tips for Labor Day, as I prepare to have to go in the office one more day each week!
I keep learning from her
I truly prefer when Sarah addresses questions over other segments that include guests. Her passion for planning inspires to elevate your game. I’ve been binge listening to previous episodes.
This podcast is my love language!
I’m a mid-40s, mom of 2 living in the philly suburbs and I recently found Sarah on the Organize 365 podcast and really liked what she had to say. Decided to go looking for her podcast, played the first episode and have been hooked since! I have binged almost every episode and what this podcast has done for me has reminded me that before I had kids, I used to LOVE getting a planner and planning everything out. And then it hit me, while I’m pulled into a # of different directions and have gotten away from planning, I would greatly benefit from getting back into planning. While the Organize 365 podcast and systems have helped me functionally, Best Laid Plans ignites my excitement for all things planners. I love listening to any planner review and have found and enjoy Amanda’s Favorites as a result of this podcast as well. In addition I love hearing all about the pens, hiliters, goal planners, notebooks, etc., out there on the market! Listening to Best Laid Plans has helped me 1) realize what I do and do not need/want in a planner; 2) think about planning differently; and 3) get really excited about it! When you listen to this podcast you will begin to feel like Sarah is your friend, she is warm, thoughtful, very intelligent and is so much fun! Hoping to be a participant in BLPA this fall! Sarah- please don’t stop podcasting! BLP is my fave podcast right now (and has been since I started listening in late June 2024)!