Unexpected Things Happen: Sarah's Current Challenges EP 241

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

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

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A common question sent into BLP is about planning in the face of hard things or uncertainty. This episode is a raw/current one about some challenges Sarah is going through now and how she is going to try to handle them. Please note: this episode was recorded from a hospital room with no special mic so the sound quality might be a little different. Episode Sponsors: Green Chef: Thrive all year with clean, easy meals from Green Chef. Visit greenchef.com/bestlaidfree and use code bestlaidfree for free salads for 2 months plus 50% off your first box! PrepDish: Convenient meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists to reduce your weekly mental load! Visit prepdish.com/plans for your first 2 weeks, FREE Mint Mobile: Low-cost wireless phone service – a great way to save every single month! Learn more at mintmobile.com/BLP IXL: Tailored and effective online learning (my kids have used this for years as part of their school curriculum)! Best Laid Plans listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL.com/PLANS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to best laid plans. This is the podcast where we talk about all things planning and planning adjacent. And this is your host, Sarah Hart Unger. This episode is going to sound a little bit different than usual because I'm actually recording it without a microphone.
0:23.0	I'm doing that because I'm recording it from a hospital room, which I know sounds a little bit crazy,
0:28.7	but I will explain during this episode. And everything is stable right now, so it is safe and okay for me to be recording.
0:36.6	All right. So I'm going to talk today about what's going on
0:40.5	and all that relates to planning and just share a little bit of personal stuff, but then also
0:46.3	kind of good myself, maybe a pep talk about the planning adjacent things I can do to get
0:50.7	through some these challenges. One of the reasons, as you know, that I am so
0:55.2	passionate about planning, is that life, sure, life is finite. You know, I'm kind of obsessed with
0:59.7	that concept. I love Jody Wellman's, we only died once. I love Albert Berkman's work. I have
1:05.6	been interested in that concept for a long time, and I believe that planning is one of the most
1:10.0	helpful tools we can
1:11.0	use to make sure that we fill our lives with the things that we love and appreciate and feel
1:15.8	worthwhile. And you all know that one of the things I love to do and plan is to run. I've run for
1:23.6	many years off and on more seriously at sometimes, less seriously. Others, I have no
1:28.5	talent, but I have a lot of persistence. And I love training with friends. I love solo, relaxed runs
1:35.6	with a podcast in the morning. I love the challenge of watching myself improve. And I love how I feel
1:41.2	after going for a run. I always find it just really just therapeutic.
1:45.3	There's something about the cocktail of those endorphins that for me works, wonders,
1:49.1	and it's just a really helpful part of my day for me.
1:52.7	I've always been super into it.
1:55.0	I had to stop for several years before when I was trying to get pregnant and struggling.
2:03.0	And I have also had some injuries, including the kind of crazy one I had last year that I talked about on the podcast,
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