Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to choose your

planner for next year. Having a good planner that meets your needs vastly increases

the chances that you make planning into a regular ritual.

And as long time listeners know, planning is the key to making a complicated life work.

Today's tip comes from Sarah Hart Unger,

who is my co-host on the Best of Both World's

Podcast, and who recently launched

her own podcast called Best Laid Plans.

Best Laid Plans covers all things planners and planning,

from reviews of products and systems to interviews with productivity pros.

October is a great time to choose a planner for the upcoming year. You don't have too many

commitments yet so you can still think about time holistically, but you may be starting

to have some things that go on there. If you start thinking about this now, you can choose something

great for 2021.

Sarah says that before diving into a storefront, online or real,

think about what you want your planner to do for you.

Some people rely on electronic calendars

for scheduling and want their planner to mostly organize daily to-do lists and

provide an analog place for goal setting. Other people love being able to sketch out their

...