Hello and welcome to Best Slate Plans.

This is your host Sarah Hart Unger and this is the podcast where we talk all things planning

and planning adjacent.

And we are going to do a mid-year check-in deep dive today. But before we dive into that, I have a

wonderful planner piece submission that I've been saving for just the right time. I know that many

of you have been curious about digital planning options. And as this listener rightfully says,

I am not much of an expert in that. But this submission really goes

in depth about how Beth made digital planning work for her, as well as her transition from the

paper world into digital. So I will let her share her planner piece. And she did send me some

images to share as well of what this digital planning system

looks like. So you can check those out in the show notes as well as I will link to the

particular brand of digital planning that she loves to use. So I hope you enjoy this submission.

Hi, Sarah. I'm Beth from Atlanta, and I love your podcast.

So first, thank you for all the content you put out through Best Lake Plans.

I've been using a planner consistently since about 2009, and I spent many years in the paper

world of planning.

I had an erred Condoran for about seven years, and then I made the swap to plump paper

just due to their customization options. I loved plum paper, but about two years ago, when COVID hit,

I really struggled with two things. The first was having to reschedule or cancel so many things,

which just made my planner look a mess

aesthetically. The second struggle was not having as many outside the home plan, so while I still

planned each day, the mode of planning really changed for me. When a friend told me about a digital

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