June Q&A: Mostly Analog Planner Peace, Small Task Overwhelm, Family Source of Truth, and More! EP 306

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

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

4.9 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In today's episode, Sarah answers listener questions! Topics included are:- A wonderful planner peace submission from a recent retiree looking to keep meaning and structure in her life- A listener looking for help with "small task overwhelm" and a million open tabs- Routine tracking ideas- Family calendar source of truth + tools/ideas for getting a partner on board Sponsors: IXL: Best Laid Plans listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ixl.com/plans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. PrepDish: Make your menu planning so much easier! Try it free for 2 weeks by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠prepdish.com/plans⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Green Chef: Healthy and convenient meal kits and more! Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greenchef.com/50bestlaid⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code 50bestlaid to get 50% off your first month, then 20% off for 2 months. 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 Hart Unger, and this is the podcast where we talk to all things planning and planning adjacent.
0:16.7	Today, we have a Q&A episode, which was inspired by me finally getting to the bottom of my
0:22.1	inbox. It's truly the best questions that you send that linger at the bottom of my email
0:28.2	inbox for days because they're so good that I want to think about them and really give
0:32.5	them the attention that they deserve. And then sometimes when I do, I realize that I have
0:36.7	plenty of amazing questions enough to fill up an entire episode. And then sometimes when I do, I realize that I have plenty of amazing questions
0:38.7	enough to fill up an entire episode. And so that brings us to our June Q&A today. Some of these
0:45.1	may have been submitted during May, but that is okay. We are getting to them now. I guess we'll
0:49.9	start with a little bit of a life update. So I am coming at you from the very beginning of June.
0:55.7	As I record this, my kids still have a week of school, but by the time you hear this, they will be done.
1:00.8	So a very transitional phase. I also have to say, I have been in a little bit of a lower mood lately.
1:07.8	I know I've talked about on the past on this podcast that I really struggle
1:12.0	and have for years with hormonal mood swings. I know I just lost all of my male listeners,
1:17.5	but it's just a true fact about me. And I didn't realize this until my late 30s, but it's been
1:22.6	something I've dealt with in various levels off and on over the years.
1:31.9	Doing a lot of intense long distance running seem to really help with this, but since I have a cardiac issue that makes that a non-option, now I have to figure out other ways.
1:37.5	And really, the last couple weeks have just, or like 10 days or so have just been rough.
1:41.3	I'm sure there's going to be light at the end of the tunnel.
1:43.8	But I don't know. It's just been a lesson in feeling really down and then doing things anyway.
1:50.0	And I guess I will say that to some extent, that strategy has worked, like whether I felt like
1:55.7	going to that social event or having that conversation or doing that work task,
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