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.

I am coming at you today just a few days after Best Laid Plans Live 3.0 just

wrapped up in South Florida. So I have a few things to share with you that are takeaways from

this conference. And I also want to get a little bit real with you all and tell you that right

now I am absolutely feeling done. Or not done, but I'm feeling spent,

I guess is the right kind of a word. So last week was Best Light Plans Live, as I mentioned.

And of course, there was a big buildup to get there. We do a lot of the preparation really

throughout the entire year. I mean, honestly, we had booked our venue by the spring and

things are done piecemeal throughout the year. So it's not like there's this big sprint to get

things done. And yet every year when the conference comes up, there are some last minute things

that need to be taken care of. And it just takes a lot of my attention. Then the conference itself,

you guys, it was so much fun. And I even feel like I got to

dive into some of my own, I don't know, pre-planning. I can never fully, fully immerse myself

in my planning experience while I'm helping others plan at the same time. But I can kind of start

thinking about things and I always get so much inspiration from the women

who attend this conference. It was a blast. Honestly, I would say it was the most fun year yet.

I don't know if it's because this group just jelled so well or if it's because I'm getting

more and more comfortable hosting and now co-hosting this conference. And so every single year,

I can kind of have a little bit less stress going in and worry how things are going to turn out

and a little more just enjoying the experience. And also, we did upgrade our venue a little bit.

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