5 Things (Other Than Planners) To Consider Carefully Heading Into Back-to-School EP 263

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In today's episode, Sarah shares her thoughts on 5 aspects of life to reflect on (other than planners!) as you head into the back-to-school season, whatever that means for you. She provides a detailed overview of routines to think through / audit / consider tweaking, and then discusses sleep, communication strategies, mood management, and fun. Share your favorite planners for kids/teens or best communication strategies with Sarah - email [email protected] or leave a comment at the show notes on theshubox.com! Episode Sponsors IXL: Learning doesn't have to stop in the summer! Best Laid Plans listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ixl.com/plans⁠⁠⁠⁠. Green Chef: Make this summer your healthiest yet with Green Chef. Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠greenchef.com/50BESTLAID⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code 50BESTLAID to get 50% off your first month, then 20% off for two months with free shipping. PrepDish: Healthy menu plans and prep instruction to take the mental load out of dinner! Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠PrepDish.com/plans⁠⁠⁠⁠ for your first 2 weeks, FREE. Mint Mobile: Affordable unlimited wireless! Get your new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for $15 a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/BLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to best laid plans.
0:11.0	This is your host, Sarah Hartunger, and this is a podcast where we talk all things planning
0:15.5	and planning adjacent.
0:17.5	Today I have a planning adjacent episode for you as we are going to talk about all things
0:22.9	in the back to school season. Now, if you don't have kids that are going back to school,
0:27.8	I still think there are things you can get out of this episode because to me, going back to
0:32.2	school isn't just about going back to school. It's about a feeling. It's about that renewal
0:36.7	that happens to us every fall as we're taken back to the time when maybe we went back to school, it's about a feeling. It's about that renewal that happens to us every
0:38.5	fall as we're taken back to the time when maybe we went back to school. And something in us just
0:43.8	shifts away from that more carefree vibe of the summer for many of us into something a little
0:49.8	bit different. So if you are just thinking about how you want to make that transition in a purposeful
0:55.5	manner, this episode is for you. And we are going to talk, as promised, about five things other than
1:01.7	planners to think about as you make this transition into Q4. All right, the very first thing to think
1:09.0	about is routines. And this is quite a broad one and to me probably the most important.
1:15.6	This is one of those seasons where many of us have to rethink a lot of things logistically. And I think even if you don't have to, it's a really nice time to do so anyway.
1:25.4	Now, if you've already done this in a very detailed manner with the midpoint
1:29.0	of the year, as some people do, you may not need a refresh going into Q4. Maybe all you need is just a
1:34.8	little, hmm, is that working? Is there anything I want to tweak further? But if you tend to go more
1:40.5	by season, or if you do have kids headed into any stage of schooling or if you work in
1:46.1	education or academia yourself, then you know you have a lot of routines that might need
1:52.1	revisiting, might need changing, and it's just a perfect time to go ahead and really take a
1:57.4	close look at many of them. I think the easiest way to do this, and I wouldn't even
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