Best Laid Plans

In today's episode, Sarah provides an overview of why annual goals make sense and why she doesn't love the word "resolutions". She delves into the different types of goals one might consider setting, and shares some of the most common goals set in 2023. Finally, she details when and how you might hold your own annual goal setting session.

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In today's episode, Sarah shares two listener submissions for Word of the Year (one from Australia and one from Scotland!) and then dive into some listener questions!

Topics include:

1) Capture Overload

2) End-of-residency Planning - Lack of Motivation to Set Work Goals

3) Organization of weekly / monthly / quintile goals lists

4) Post-baby planning - how to divide the year?

5) Hobonichi setup tips!

Planning By Season is open for registration - this is Sarah's structured seasonal goal setting experience taking place throughout 2024! Visit theshubox.com/courses for details.

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Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!

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Cloth & Paper: Cloth & Paper makes luxe planning essentials with a beautiful minimal aesthetic. Visit clothandpaper.com and use code BESTLAIDPLANS to receive a FREE España Spiral Notebook in size CP Petite with any purchase of $50 or more!

Contact:

Email: [email protected]

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In today's episode, Sarah shares how she used her 2023 planners and then unveils her 2023 planner stack!!

Products Mentioned:

Hobonichi Cousin Avec

Hobonichi A6 Original

Cloth & Paper Disc-Bound Half-Letter

Hobonichi 5 Year Journal

Ashley Shelly Monthly (Amanda's Favorites Collab)

BLP NEWS:

- Planning By Season (seasonal planning sessions) and Digital Detox 2.0 are open for registration! Visit theshubox.com/courses for details!

- GIVEAWAYS on theshubox.com this week - just enter your name in the comments for a chance to win one of the 2024 planners I ordered to review!

Sponsors:

Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!

Earth Breeze: Ditch messy liquid laundry detergent + get started with Earth Breeze and save forty percent! Visit earthbreeze.com/plans for 40% off of a new subscription.

Cloth & Paper: Cloth & Paper makes luxe planning essentials with a beautiful minimal aesthetic. Visit clothandpaper.com and use code BESTLAIDPLANS to receive a FREE España Spiral Notebook in size CP Petite with any purchase of $50 or more!

PrepDish: Healthy, convenient and strategic menu plans delivered to your inbox each week!! Check out PrepDish.com/plans for your first two weeks, free!

Contact:

Email: [email protected]

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In today's episode, Sarah shares lessons learned from the Digital Detox program, thoughts on a word for the year (2024!), and discusses her upcoming Seasonal Planning sessions.

For detailed information + registration for Digital Detox (Jan/Feb) and Planning by Season in 2024, make sure you are subscribed to her monthly newsletter: theshubox.com/newsletter -- all details will be released 12/1.

Prior episode mentioned: Heart to Heart Screen Time Talk, ep #43 - https://theshubox.com/2023/04/ep-143-heart-to-heart-screen-time-thoughts.html

Episode Sponsors:

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Today's planning adjacent topic is something we all have to contend with: meal planning! Meghan Splawn is an expert on this topic and she chats with Sarah about her peaceful meal planning ritual, ways to handle busy weeknights, favorite kitchen gadgets + more!

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Find more from Meghan and listen to Didn't I Just Feed You at http://didntijustfeedyou.com 

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Sarah opens by chatting about her experiences at BLP Live - it was an amazing weekend! Then, she goes through November Q&A - manny questions are centered around goal setting, as it's that time of year (yes, already!).

Topics:

1- Abandoning certain goals around weight fitness - what to do?

2- Planning ahead of the current quintile

3- Goal-setting planner recommendations (brands mentioned: MakseLife, Full Focus, Erin Condren, Cultivate What Matters/PowerSheets)

4- What is the first tiny step you would recommend re: starting a planning habit?

5- Thoughts on planning for fitness (different angle than Q10

6- To-do vs task vs goal vs project

7- How do you find the time for your monthly and quintile planning?

8- Holiday planning thoughts?

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Green Chef: For Green Chef’s best deal of the year, get $250 off with code plans250 at greenchef.com/plans250

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There are certain things listeners (or just random people in Sarah's life) inquire about over and over again, and today she attempts to give all the answer! Find out her answers to things like:

- What is the weird habit bar at the top of your planner page?

- How can you use paper when things change so much?

- Isn't it confusing using multiple planners?

- How can use paper + still communicate with your partner about events?

- How can you convince your husband to do a 'planning retreat'?

- What are your absolute favorite pens?

. . . and more!

Note - Plan your 2024 - Best Laid Plans at Home is 60% full! If you'd like to join Sarah for a fun and comprehensive annual planning experience, register now at theshubox.com/courses

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Email: [email protected]

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Green Chef: For Green Chef’s best deal of the year, get $250 off with code plans250 at greenchef.com/plans250

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SHU here - hi everyone! Even though I almost never run 're-airs', I've had a really tough week (suffered some injuries, but on the mend) and decided to bring back one of my favorite and most popular episodes for this week. I hope you enjoy it!

Episode Sponsors:

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PrepDish: Healthy and strategic meal planning! Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE

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Sarah brings a fresh new batch of 2024 planner review with this episode, all of which were suggested by listeners!

All planners were purchased by Sarah; links are not affiliate. Please keep in touch and let her know what else you'd like to see reviewed as we approach the peak of planner-buying season!

1) Passionate Penny Pincher: Is it a planner, or a lifestyle? Sarah is pretty sure it's both and perhaps not geared to HER lifestyle, but there is a lot to unpack (and maybe it is a fit for you).

Link: https://shop.passionatepennypincher.com/products/monthly-weekly-year-home-planner?variant=41718717055020

2) Pen & Pillar: Sustainably made in the US, this weekly planner has plenty of space to track habits, routines + goals.

Link: https://penandpillar.com/products/wildland-weekly-planner

3) Sprouted Hourly Planner: This hardback lay-flat planner features a vertical layout with a LOT of task management space and blank pages. An excellent option for someone looking for lots of goal/task management space that also wants to use their planner as a calandar/time map.

Link: https://sproutedplanner.com/collections/hourly-planners

Episode Sponsors:

Earth Breeze: Sustainable and effective detergent sheets. Go to earthbreeze.com/plans for 40% off of your subscription!

Jenni Kayne: Find your forever pieces at jennikayne.com. Listeners get 15% off the first order by using code PLANS at checkout!

PrepDish: Healthy and strategic meal planning! Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE

Podcast info:

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It's a planner-adjacent episode today! Sarah muses and discusses the inputs which shape our lives and give us things to react to -- some which comes from external sources, and many which come from within!

She discusses the balance between proactivity and reactivity (including the acknowledgement that some reactivity is unavoidable!), the ways we get interrupted and interrupt ourselves, and how we might consider changing things to feel less fragmented and overstimulated.

Episode Sponsors:

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Podcast info:

Email: [email protected]

Voice questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/bestlaidplans

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Plan your 2024 - Best Laid Plans at Home! theshubox.com/courses

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