Best Laid Plans

COVER Reveal!

May 29, 2025

I just received a tip-off (thanks Jenny!) that my book’s cover is now live on Amazon (and on Bookshop as an ebook, too! Somehow the cover image hasn’t made it to that site for the physical book, but I’m sure it will)! And yes, you can already preorder and you get my unending gratitude if you do!

(My favorite is when I forget I preordered something and then it just comes as a random surprise, like a perfect gift from my past self.)

I LOVE THIS COVER.

Fun fact: once you are working with a publisher, you don’t necessarily get control over what your book looks like (though generally you will get some sort of veto power). This one captures everything I was hoping for and I am so thrilled with it!

The color scheme! The gridlines! The check boxes! The way it matches my podcast logo! AHHHH yes I am super happy.

I haven’t done a lot of thought about book promotion yet but wow — I really do have a book coming out. It’s exciting and feels a bit surreal. I hope you like it though I know that it’s absolutely not going to be for everyone (nor is any book!).

Anyway, I had other things I considered writing about today but I feel like this cover deserves to be celebrated as a standalone. More tomorrow!

36 Comments

  • Reply Grateful Kae May 29, 2025 at 12:12 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!! 🤩🤩

    • Reply Gwinne May 29, 2025 at 7:28 pm

      It is awesome! Looking forward to reading!!

  • Reply Jane May 29, 2025 at 12:19 pm

    Congratulations Sarah!! When I think back about your goal episodes over the years, I’m so pumped you migrated it.

    The cover is beautiful! It’s everything I had hoped for – it makes me so happy.

    In case it helps with ideas for your launch, I really liked the way that Kendra Adachi rewarded preorders with additional emails/episodes.

    Could you reward preorders with a one-off zoom call with you? And if I’m not being too greedy, could we have an Australasian session at a time that works for our zone?

    Keep up the awesome work 💛

  • Reply RK May 29, 2025 at 12:26 pm

    Congratulations Sarah, so happy for you. What a proud moment for you and your family. May you have many more successes in future. Love what you do to help us live an enjoyable life! Thanks.
    PS ..pre-ordering your book today .

  • Reply Gillian May 29, 2025 at 12:35 pm

    Amazing! Congratulations!

  • Reply Lani Inlander May 29, 2025 at 12:36 pm

    Love it! Order placed! You are a rock star. And how impressive, getting Laura Vanderkam to write the forward :).

  • Reply Birchwood Pie May 29, 2025 at 12:54 pm

    That’s a good looking cover! I can’t wait until early January when it shows up on my doorstep!

  • Reply Joy May 29, 2025 at 1:12 pm

    Congratulations! That’s a great cover. I’m definitely planning to pre-order.

  • Reply Sesb May 29, 2025 at 1:28 pm

    The cover looks great! Congratulations!!

  • Reply Lisa’s Yarns May 29, 2025 at 1:39 pm

    Just pre-ordered it from my fave indie bookstore in Thomasville, GA! 🙂 Can’t wait to read it! The cover is so perfect!

    • Reply Joy May 30, 2025 at 10:34 am

      Great idea to preorder from a local bookstore. We have a brand new indie bookstore (first one) so I may go ask if they can do that for me.

  • Reply Coco May 29, 2025 at 2:18 pm

    Love it!!!

  • Reply Colleen May 29, 2025 at 2:32 pm

    Long, long time reader & listener – like back to the healthy living summit blogger days. Gah – your book looks AMAZING! I’ll admit that I very rarely pre-order / buy books, but I just bought yours. I’ve been As a long time consumer of your free content so I feel like it’s literally the least I can do. I can’t wait to read. CONGRATULATIONS!!

  • Reply Noemi May 29, 2025 at 2:48 pm

    Yesss! Love it! Will definitely be pre-ordering it from bookshop.com!!! Congratulations. Such an amazing accomplishment.

  • Reply Brooke May 29, 2025 at 3:25 pm

    Love the cover!!!! So pretty 🙂 It’s been sitting in my Target cart for a bit waiting for their next sale to press buy.

    (and yes, I’m also huge supporter of Indie bookstores, and pretty please if you do a book tour, Third Place Books in Seattle area is awesome! Spencer is the book event coordinator and is absolutely hysterical)

  • Reply Sak May 29, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    Wow what an exciting moment to see what your book will look like. I like how it matches with your podcast logo.

    • Reply Laura May 29, 2025 at 4:47 pm

      I love this. And I love that you are happy with it!!

      • Reply Laura May 29, 2025 at 4:48 pm

        Trying just to respond to the main post! I will figure the comments out eventually!

        • Reply Brooke May 29, 2025 at 8:27 pm

          I almost always accidentally reply to another comment. You are in good company Laura!

      • Reply Lisa May 29, 2025 at 11:55 pm

        So beautiful! Can’t wait to read it 😊

  • Reply Katie May 29, 2025 at 5:24 pm

    How exciting, Sarah! I love the cover too. Preordered 🙂

  • Reply Chelsea May 29, 2025 at 5:53 pm

    Congratulations!!!! So excited for you :). I’m going to preorder now.

  • Reply Arden May 29, 2025 at 6:29 pm

    Congratulations Sarah!! What an amazing milestone for you!

  • Reply Sarah May 29, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Love it! And going to preorder now 🙂

  • Reply Lauren @ anenneagramonelearnstohavefun.com May 29, 2025 at 8:32 pm

    It’s perfect! So glad you love it!

  • Reply Megan May 29, 2025 at 9:57 pm

    What a great cover!!! It does complement your podcast logo so well! How exciting – I can’t wait to get my copy in January!

  • Reply akapulko2020 May 30, 2025 at 2:27 am

    Ebook preordered 💪💪

  • Reply Elisabeth May 30, 2025 at 3:22 am

    You know I LOVE the cover. Bursting with joy and pride for you, my friend.

  • Reply Happy Things Friday: 30 May – The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist May 30, 2025 at 5:49 am

    […] give you three guesses (and the first two don’t count) what I chose to (pre-)order. Sarah’s upcoming book — complete with the official cover design… […]

  • Reply Amanda Koehler May 30, 2025 at 9:10 am

    I love it! Congrats!

  • Reply U May 30, 2025 at 11:28 am

    Huge congrats, Sarah – looks great! Can’t wait to read it.

  • Reply Kristie May 30, 2025 at 11:56 am

    Congratulations!!! I love the cover and can’t wait to read your book as soon as it releases. I usually try to get them at the library, but this one is on pre-order so I can keep my copy. 😊

    • Reply Sophie May 30, 2025 at 5:31 pm

      It’s looks awesome! Congratulations and definitely plan to pre-order 🙂

  • Reply Raquel May 30, 2025 at 2:50 pm

    You are officially an author. Congratulations. I want it!

  • Reply Kathy Johnson May 30, 2025 at 5:44 pm

    It’s beautiful and looks like “you.” Can’t wait to read it.

  • Reply Den K May 30, 2025 at 8:24 pm

    Love! Ordered!

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