Best Laid Plans

Season 3 kicks off with Sarah's planning enthusiasm and a review of the compact &Studium Daily Planner favored for study tracking. Q&A covers post-vacation routine tips. Listen for planning hacks and versatile task organization ideas!

Sarah shares insights on planning larger chunks of the year by breaking it into quarters or quintiles. The podcast delves into the unique themes and activities of each quintile, including goal-setting, financial reconciliation, and reflection. Sponsored by Stillness + Movement, the episode offers a strategic planning guide for the year ahead.

In this Deep Dive episodes, Sarah shares details about her morning routine and how she goes about daily planning. She also muses on the idea of essentially crowding out bad or mindless habits by intentionally spending time on things you want to, including through the use of effective routines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast delves into creating a customized planning system from scratch, emphasizing the importance of calendaring, task and goals management, routines, and the aesthetics of planning. It explores the benefits of a reliable master calendar, effective task management strategies, and essential planning tools like Sakura Pigma Microns and Stidler Tripless fine liners.

This episode takes a deep dive into one of Sarah's favorite planning techniques: the Weekly Review. There are so many great ways to do a weekly review process, and one size definitely does not fit all! Listen to discover the many elements you can mix and match to create a perfect jumping-off point for each new week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the season finale of BLP, Sarah put out a call to Instagram for questions for an "Ask Me Anything" format episode. Join in to hear Sarah's answers to every question (and next time be sure to submit your own!). BLP will be on hiatus for July, but look out for some re-emergence of "greatest hits" episodes from the archives! Also in the meantime, you can find Sarah at theshubox.com as well as @shubox_plans on Instagram. Happy Summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Sarah discusses the merit of performing a mid-year goals check in. She recommends setting aside some time and going carefully through all of the goals you identified at the beginning of the year. And then - the audit can begin! There is no one right way to do a check in, but most will find the process eye-opening and beneficial. Then, Sarah delves into a walk through her own mid-year goals (in Family, Blog/Pod, Work, and Personal) as an example. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Sarah provides a planner matchmaking service for Laura Vanderkam! Laura is a time management expert who also happens to be Sarah's good friend and podcast cohost on Best of Both Worlds. For years, she's used a plain spiral notebook to hold all of her lists and notes. Can Sarah find some more enticing options? Listen to find out! All items mentioned are linked in the show notes which you can find at https://theshubox.com/best-laid-plans-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is all about planning your summer, with an in-depth discussion of the various things Sarah has spent time dreaming about for Summer 2021. Topics include childcare/camp, personal projects, summer reading & entertainment, travel, retreat or planning, and a minimalist summer bucket list. Quick note: Best Laid Plans will be taking a SUMMER BREAK for the month of July, but will be back chock full of back-to-school energy in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So many listeners recommended Elise Cripe a guest, and Sarah was thrilled to chat with her about her beautiful, professional, and functional planner: the Get to Work Book! This planner has goal-setting functionality, weekly spreads, and made a unique choice when it comes to holidays - there are none included! Check out PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks of meal planning & preparation guides, FREE. If you try it, let me know! I’d love to hear about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices