Hello and welcome to Best Laid Plans.

This is Sarah Hart Unger and this is the podcast where we talk all things planning and planning adjacent.

So today's episode is going to be about daily planning, which I already did do a

daily planning episode previously, but this is going to be more about the reasons I advocate for

daily planning and what I like about it. And then after a quick break, we are going to do

two mini reviews of some different daily layouts that I've

been looking at recently that I just thought were worth mentioning. All right, so let's get started.

As we record this, it's September, so everyone is still enjoying that fresh new season

where we are all thinking about our routines and rituals and optimizing, and you all know that I

really enjoy this time of year. So like anyone else, I was moved to think about my daily planning.

What do I like about it? What would I like to be different? What does it do for me?

So I thought about a few things that I wanted to share with all of you.

The first one is that I really love the process and ritual of starting every single day with a clean slate.

Now, weekly spreads are wonderful for seeing how all of the pieces in your week fit together or maybe identifying conflicts,

but you don't get to start with a brand new page every day if you

only have a weekly view. And I truly gravitate towards always having a daily planner that I'm using

because I really always like starting my day with a clean slate. And in fact, filling out my planner

is something I do typically in the morning. I know some people love to do it the night before, but I love to do it in the morning because

it's just part of my ritual of starting a fresh new day.

At the top of my page, no matter what layout I'm using, I will write like what kind of day

it is, which sets the tone.

Maybe it's a clinic day.

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