Best Laid Plans The Podcast

Ep #325: Current Daily Page Practices + Planning Tactics to Alleviate Anxiety

October 19, 2026

In today’s episode, I walk through my current daily layout in the MD Notebooks I am currently loving (Jetpens; Amazon – latter is affiliate link). Here you go!

Note: sometimes I print / tape my AI-assisted schedule to the right side; other times I use it to keep a time log.

Prompt I used to generate the schedule shown above:

(Yes, it’s a bit stream of conscious. But it contains hard landscape items, everything I wanted to get done, and time estimates for each task.)

Today: scheduled: 6:30 kids/get ready 7:15 drive kids 8:20ish home. between now and 630 mostly morning routine stuff but potentially could do a patreon post too. during day: 12p hopkins presentation #2 (need 15 min prep); 3p BLPA2.0 (need 30 min prep). 6:45 leave for Pilates, 7p-8p pilates, then read in car until gym pickup at 850. may pick up G from tutor ~5:50. TO DO: sales tax + nanny tax (30 min); draft BLPL email (15 min); blog post (30 min); patreon post (15 min); inbox zero (30 min max, already pretty clean); review nested goals workbook (60 min? could be pushed forward but would love to get done); record BLP ep (60 min to write + record); record 1 hour CME (decided to do one hour on 10/19 so will adjust work plan). tiny things: pay G & A; text Amanda about G’s school project, shop for Kae bday gift (jet pens?), text colleagues about spa day Sunday to confirm. would like a walk in there too!

(Kae already got her bday gift so this contains no spoilers, ha!)

Then, I discuss several planning tactics that help alleviate anxiety. This was my own personal pep talk pre-call week, and I have to say that it worked pretty well!

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