Breaking Up Big Projects EP 140

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

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

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode opens up with a great Planner Peace submission from Millicent! Products mentioned: - Simplified Daily Planner - Day Designer Monthly - Essential Calendar (www.theessentialcalendar.com/BESTLAIDPLANS and use code BESTLAIDPLANS at checkout for 10% off!) Then, Sarah discusses 11 steps for breaking up big projects. In brief, these include: 1- Envision the End 2- Think about Timeline. 3- Think about Team (and learning from others who have been there) 4- Start mapping out the steps. Not necessarily EVERY step. But, always good to know: First step Next step Any time-sensitive step 5- Decide what time frame makes sense to ‘hold’ your project 6- Figure out where you will keep everything related to the project 7- Assign yourself the first step with a specific time frame. (Take the plunge!) 8- Set a calendar date with yourself to review progress / define next steps / make edits 9- Have an off ramp or the ability to table it if you can! 10- CELEBRATE completions - of each step, of the project as a whole! Thank those involved and share your victories. 11- Postmortem - think about what worked, what didn’t, and where to store notes/etc for next time! Episode Sponsors: PrepDish: Healthy and strategic meal planning! LOVE not having to create a menu every week, and the prep instructions make getting dinner on the table each night easy. Visit PrepDish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Best Laid Plans.
0:11.3	This is your host, Sarah Hard Unger, and this is the podcast where we talk all things planning
0:15.6	and planning adjacent.
0:17.5	I have had this topic in my mind to do for quite some time, so I'm excited to finally get to it.
0:23.5	And that topic is breaking up bigger projects.
0:27.9	It's been a common theme that people will note that they sometimes feel overwhelmed when faced with a project that has multiple steps.
0:35.8	Where do they store all the pieces of information that go with said project?
0:39.3	How do they keep their momentum going from the beginning of the project to the end?
0:43.6	I'm hoping that the tips shared in this episode will help you if you are facing a big project right now
0:49.0	and at the very least make the whole premise of breaking something up into smaller pieces a little bit less
0:55.9	intimidating and more appealing. Before we get to that, though, I have a wonderful
1:00.7	planner piece submission from a listener named Millicent. So I'm going to read this.
1:06.0	Again, I love to get these ones in your own voices. So if you want to send me a voice memo,
1:12.0	all of the information is in the show notes.
1:14.1	But since many of you seem to prefer to send them to me via email,
1:17.9	then I am happy to read them because this is a great one filled with all sorts of little tricks
1:22.6	that she uses to keep all of her busy pieces of her life in order.
1:26.6	So here we go.
1:29.2	Millicant writes,
1:33.2	I've listened to the show since it launched and love hearing you talk about planning.
1:37.3	I have found planner piece with a few products and systems and would love to share. I have three kids, ages one, three, and five, and work mostly from home, but do have a bit of
1:43.0	work travel, and occasionally go to the office.
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