Hello and welcome to best laid plans, the podcast where we talk about all things related to planning, planners, and beyond.

There's definitely going to be a little bit more beyond because I realized that if I'm really going to be doing episodes every single week, there's definitely going to be a little bit more beyond because I realized that if I'm

really going to be doing episodes every single week, there's probably going to be some branching out

beyond planners because even though there are a lot of wonderful planners in this world,

there are a lot of planning adjacent topics that probably deserve attention to, kind of like

the technology focus that I did in a prior episode. 52 episodes in a year is a lot, especially when I'm not planning on too many guests,

again, probably about one per month.

So if you have ideas for planner adjacent topics, please send them to me because I'm

interested to know what you all are interested in.

All right.

So today's episode is going to be a Q&A episode focused on some

recent questions I got from you guys. I have four questions lined up here. And the first one is a bit

of a deep dive related to dealing with getting your system to work for you when your job is very chaotic,

and there are a lot of demands on your time. So I'm going to read this question comes from

my blog reader, who I will call L. I've realized that the reason I've lost my planning mojo

lately is that my systems don't work well for my current role.

I've moved into a management role with a team of staff.

A big part of my day is unpredictable.

At 9 a.m., the day will be clear with a couple of meetings scheduled so that I have some tasks planned in,

and then all of a sudden I will get an urgent request that needs a response immediately.

Something else comes and due by the end of the day that requires a few phone calls to resolve.

My boss's boss pops by my desk to ask a question.

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