January Q&A: Google-Centered Planner Peace, Commonplace Books, Storing Yearly Goals, Planner Display Options, and Can You Skip Planning and Goal-Setting for a Season? EP 235

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

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

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today's monthly Q&A ep, Sarah shares a Planner Peace vignette, 2 stationery shop recs, and answers 4 listener questions: Planner Peace comes from a healthcare provider who has cut her documentation time in half after reflecting and listening to Sarah's Efficiency Tips ep. She uses Google products for almost everything, plus a daily paper planner (filled out fresh each day, referring to her digital lists!) for her schedule and tasks. Stationery shop recs: Both in Chicago: Atlas Stationers and Paper and Pencil. Question topics: 1) Recommendations for Commonplace Books? 2) Where should I keep my annual goals (from a Full Focus user)? 3) Planner wall storage ideas for messy areas (kitchen!)? (She ended up going with this one: https://www.containerstore.com/s/office/message-boards-accessories/perch-wally-wall-plate/12d?productId=11001724 ) 4) Have you ever intentionally stepped away from planning for a time or season? (And if so - how does it work within the Nested Goals framework)? Episode Sponsors: Green Chef: The #1 Meal Kit for Eating Well! Visit greenchef.com/plansfree and use code plansfree to get started with free salads for 2 months plus 50% off your first box! IXL: Make an impact on your child's learning with IXL. Visit IXL.com/PLANS to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price. Mint Mobile: Amazingly affordable wireless service! Check out their new customer offer with 3-month unlimited wireless plan for just 15 dollars a month by visiting mintmobile.com/blp PrepDish: Convenient, healthy, and delicious meal plans sent directly to your inbox! Visit prepdish.com/plans for your first two weeks FREE! 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 Hart Unger and this is the podcast where we talk all things planning
0:15.1	and planning adjacent.
0:17.0	It is the fourth week of the month and that means we have a Q&A episode for you today.
0:22.0	Also, with some planner piece mixed in here as well as some stationary shop recommendations sent by you lovely listeners.
0:29.6	I just want to say thank you because the questions that have come in during the month of January have been excellent and plentiful.
0:35.5	So I have some leftover for February, but it's definitely not
0:39.0	too late. Keep the questions coming. I love keeping them and answering them every month during
0:44.4	this kind of grab bag episode. I'm going to lead off with a bit of a juicy planner piece segment,
0:50.9	and I'm going to leave this one anonymous, but she works in healthcare and was
0:54.5	recommended the podcast because one of her colleagues felt she could do some efficiency
0:59.1	tips. She was spending too much time responding to messages in her medical inbox, and they
1:04.7	sent her to my efficiency tips for health care providers episode, which I guess I will link in
1:09.2	these show notes. And she said,
1:10.8	since then, I track my time and make it a game to see how quickly I can accomplish tasks.
1:16.1	I aim for B plus notes and focus on the assessment and plan. I tell myself more patient care,
1:21.2	less typing. I've been able to cut my documentation time in half. I set more limits, and I delegate more. Oh my gosh.
1:29.9	If I personally have been responsible for helping cut someone's electronic health record time in half,
1:35.5	I can't even tell you how honored and amazed that makes me feel. So thank you so much for
1:40.2	sending this in. And I'm going to go ahead because she also shared various elements of her
1:45.1	planning system that she's developed over time. And she has quite a comprehensive, mostly digital
1:49.9	system that is worth talking about. So this listener says, I use Google Calendar for daily,
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