10 Benefits of Planning That Have Nothing to Do With Productivity EP 244

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

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

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Some might think the purpose of planning is to get more done. That may be true in some cases, but there is so much more to the story than that. In this episode, Sarah shares 10 benefits of planning that have nothing to do from productivity, from stress reduction to anticipation to creativity to having more fun. Other news: BLP Live is open for registration!! Join Sarah and Laura Vanderkam in South Florida this November for 3 days of planning, reflection, relaxation, community, and fun. Visit theshubox.com/blplive for details! Episode Sponsors: 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. Prose: Truly custom skincare and haircare. Visit prose.com/plans for 50% off your first haircare subscription order! 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 Hartunger, and this is the podcast where we talk all things planning
0:14.8	and planning adjacent.
0:17.0	Today will be a pretty planning focused episode and we are going to talk about 10 benefits of
0:21.7	planning that have nothing to do with productivity. So I'm excited about this topic. But first,
0:27.0	a couple of business notes. First of all, I just wanted to welcome everyone to quarter two. If you do
0:33.1	use traditional quarters and not the quintiles that I tend to use. I don't really use the regular quarter
0:38.6	system except for financial stuff. So I'm looking forward to, well, maybe I'm not looking forward.
0:43.4	I don't know what the markets have been doing, probably some crazy stuff, but we will see how
0:47.4	things have played out over the last three months when my husband and I do our quarterly
0:51.2	kind of financial reckoning together. So this is your reminder that the
0:55.7	official quarter two of 2025 is going to begin on April 1st, which is tomorrow, if you're
1:01.0	listening to this the day it comes out, if you are using traditional quarters for your planning.
1:06.0	And remember, this is your public service announcement that you get to divide the year up
1:10.0	in any way that works for you.
1:12.3	I love to use quintiles for most things, but I also see the appeal of equal segments of the year for
1:18.1	some. And I just want to let you know that a fresh start is available to you at any time. You feel like
1:23.4	it needs to be a new season because it just is, you're allowed to declare that as well.
1:28.5	So just a quick welcome to the new quarter if that applies to you.
1:32.8	The second announcement I wanted to give is a really happy and exciting one,
1:37.3	especially given that there's been lots of stuff going on in my life.
1:40.8	But one thing that is a really bright spot that I am looking forward to is that
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