Today's episode opens with a discussion of some planner news from Erin Condren and Cultivate What Matters. Then, she delves into an expanded Planner Peace segment from a listener who has adapted many BLP techniques into her own comprehensive system, complete with (impressively!) organized family meetings!
Then Sarah answers listener questions about Hemlock & Oak and Hobonichi and provides a requested list of blog + podcast recs. Finally, she shares a listener travel victory - a win for Apple Notes!
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Plannersphere News & Listener Q&A - Family Meetings, Blog/Podcast Recs, and More! EP 115

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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History

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K-12

Educational Technology

Self-Improvement

Today's episode features a planner peace submission that was so intriguing that it warranted an entire episode! Our listener Erin has a lot on her plate (full time job, 2 kids, volunteer work, caring for relatives, and more!) -- and she has put together and incredibly comprehensive system that brings her to a current state of Planner Peace! Rather than a stack, she's combined digital and physical elements from her favorite tools to create a streamlined system.
Products Discussed:
1) The Remarkable2 Tablet: https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2
2) Day Designer Monthly: https://www.bluesky.com/collections/day-designer-for-blue-sky
3) Organize 365 Sunday Basket: https://organize365.com/sunday-basket/
4) Artful Agenda (she syncs with Google Calendar): https://artfulagenda.com
5) Trello: https://trello.com
6) MaskeLife: http://makselife.com
7) Clean Mama: https://cleanmama.com
You can find Erin (and submit questions to her directly!) through her family's photography account, @lukepearson.photography !
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Planner Peace: Remarkable2 + Digital/Paper Hybrid System with Erin Peth EP 194

Welcome to April's Q&A/Tips episode!
Sarah shares a brief recap of her family vacation (and getting back into life!) and then brings April's Q&A + Tips.
Topics:
1) Quarters in the Southern Hemisphere - an Australian listener reports back!
2) Cool idea for repurposing an unused planner into a paper Second Brain/Collections Notebook/Master Planner
3) App rec for routine building for those with ADHD/time blindness: Brili https://brili.com
4) 5 Year Journal Recs
Midori: https://www.jetpens.com/Midori-5-Year-Diary-Embroidered-Beige/pd/29115
Hobonichi: https://www.1101.com/store/techo/en/5year/
Unbound: https://unboundplanner.com/products/five-year-journal
Levenger: https://www.levenger.com/collections/journals/products/5-year-journal?variant=43396629627029#
5) Convincing others to plan and work on routines in a household with multiple members that have ADHD
6) Listener feedback with ideas for planning an international move - use time horizon AND category and try a shared list platform!
7) Idea for life planning workbook for the listener in career transition: The Silk & Sonder Life Workbook: https://www.silkandsonder.com/products/life-workbook

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April Q&A + Listener Tips: A Tool for ADHD/Time-Blindness, Repurposing Unused Planners, 5-Year Journals, Life Planning Workbooks, and More EP 193

Happy new quarter or quintile!!
Today's episode is travel-inspired because Sarah will be returning from a family trip just before it airs. In today's episode, she shares her current travel planning strategies as a parent of kids who are now at ages that are pretty easy to travel with (6, 10, and about-to-be 12!).
She covers her use of Apple Notes as a useful second brain for travel and shares her appreciation for down time and reservations on vacation!
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Travel Thoughts & Tips EP 192

In today's episode, Sarah reviews 3 planners from small business - one of them so small it hasn't been released yet!
The planners are:
1) The Halo Planner by Rebecca Brosnan, thehaloplanner.com (shop not open yet, but will be soon) - quarterly gridded planner with a ton of features and both daily + weekly layouts
2) Biz Mom Planner by Tiffani - she describes her business as "woman, minority, and mama-owned"! Hand made small batch disc-bound planners, very open ended and undated, thick luxurious-feeling paper. Great for a fresh start and lots of space to write!
https://www.bizmomplannerco.com/ -- code BLP20 will give you 20% off 
3) Grow & Flourish Planner by Laura Millat, creator of The Girly Homesteader - she shares her own planner peace and her Grow & Flourish planner for gardeners + homesteaders!
You can find it at https://www.thegirlyhomesteader.com/links
Additional mentions:
She Plans - sample inserts https://sheplans.com/products/sample-pack-plan-your-way-discbound-inserts
Field Notes
NOLTY and April-start Hobonichi now available at Jetpens!

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Spring Planner Reviews: Small Niche Brands! EP 191

Today's episode is devoted to the Ideal Week exercise, a practice where you put your ideal week onto paper (or screen) using an hourly format. This can be done on paper using a template or an old vertical weekly planner, or on screen via an electronic calendar or even by writing on a pdf using an app.
Sarah discusses nuances of this exercise, components she includes, and variations on the idea (Ideal Month, anyone?).
A free ideal week template was included in the March newsletter - if you'd like a copy, feel free to send an email to sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com!
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Email: sarah.hart.unger@gmail.com
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Plannersphere News & Listener Q&A - Family Meetings, Blog/Podcast Recs, and More! EP 115

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