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Best Laid Plans

by Sarah Hart-Unger
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About the show

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!

Latest episodes

  • Top 10 Rules for Planning & Life Management

    October 5, 2026 · 26 min

    Inspired by an episode of EMPowered Radio (https://macroswithem.com/pages/podcast) , Sarah is listing her top 10 Standard Operating Procedures or rules for planning and life management.The summary: Take your time to plan well, FIRST…

  • Planner Shopping Tips + 2 Mini-Reviews -- Aura Estelle + Faded Chronicle

    September 28, 2026 · 30 min

    It's a planner-packed episode today!Sarah discusses:- Planner buying season - mindset + shopping tips! For fun, Sarah's 2027 stack can be viewed at youtube.com/@bestlaidplansvideo- Upcoming planning experiences, including Planning 2027…

  • Mixed Bag Episode! Fall Life Update, Course Info, Weekend Ideas, and Planning FAQs

    September 21, 2026 · 28 min

    In today's mixed bag episode, Sarah chats about:- Current life update, 1 month into Quintile 4 (Back to School)- Hobonichi drama with happy ending (eventual unboxing video will be at https://www.youtube.com/@BestLaidPlansVideo -- but…

  • Planning Big Projects + Making Room for Fun with Gemma Hartley

    September 14, 2026 · 35 min

    In today's episode, Sarah interviews author and mother of 3 Gemma Hartley about her planning system, with a focus on the tools Gemma uses to plan (and enjoy life!) while she tackles bit projects like writing a book.Mentioned on the…

  • Routines Deep Dive + Weekend Planning Challenges

    September 7, 2026 · 21 min

    Today's episode is all about routines! First, Sarah addresses a listener question around weekend planning - how to avoid feeling like the time was wasted without locking yourself in to too many scheduled activities?Then, Sarah talks all…

  • Why Autopilot Doesn't Work + 5 Things Sarah is Loving Now

    August 31, 2026 · 21 min

    In this episode, Sarah discusses why autopilot (or always choosing the default, easiest choices) doesn't work. She starts with the example of health, and then compares the decline of our society's physical health (particularly metabolic…

  • Reasons to Plan Seasonally + Goal Planners (Farewell to PowerSheets + Amplify!)

    August 24, 2026 · 21 min

    In today's episode, Sarah shares some of the ways in which she benefitted from her own seasonal planning session, and then she pivots to a discussion of goal planners- what's out there, what's going away, and what can they help with. She…

  • 8 Back-to-School Planning Tactics and All About Quintile 4

    August 17, 2026 · 23 min

    In today's episode, Sarah confesses to her recent planner switchup, and then shares her love for Quintile 4, her "throwback" fall favorites, and 8 planning tactics for the back to school season.MD Notebook mentioned: htt…