Hello and welcome to best laid plans. This is your host, Sarah Hart Unger, and this is a podcast

where we talk all things planning and planning adjacent. Today, the episode we're going to do is

10 things to consider if you're feeling scattered.

And guess what? I came up with this idea because I had been feeling a little bit scattered

recently and it's very common for me to create an episode inspired by things I am struggling

with or handling in my real life. And I thought to myself, what are the things

that help? What are the messages that I need to share with myself right now? And then decided this

would make a great topic to talk about with all of you. So if you are going through a tough

period right now, I was really, really stressed out a couple of weeks ago just felt like

all of the pieces weren't fitting. I think it was really just a lot to do with the adjustment

to our new school routine, which always takes longer than I think it's going to take.

I should really make a note of that to give myself some time when at the end of August every year,

things just seem hopeless.

But honestly, things have settled out a little bit more now. I've caught up in many spears

and I'm feeling better. But this episode will come in handy for those times when I'm feeling

all over the place again, as I know they will happen. So here we go with 10 things to consider

if you're feeling scattered, a note for all of you,

but also a note to my future self. Number one, plan out your day. So luckily, this is not a

practice that I tend to abandon when I'm stressed out. And I know that it always helps me. And the more

thoroughly I let myself do it, the better it

serves me. But every single day, it really helps for me to spend 10 minutes in the morning

thinking through my priorities for the day. You guys know my nested goal system involves taking

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