READYYYY I’m ready for a break! I do have some podcast scripts to write tomorrow (including my 2025 Recap / 2026 Goals eps for BOBW — no pressure). And I obviously have to bake some pies. But otherwise, I am ready for lots of…
Best Laid Plans Planner Review
Ep #278: Empty Your Inbox (with me!) and Hemlock & Oak Daily/Weekly/Monthly Planner Review
In today’s episode, I try something a little experimental – I clear out my email inbox (and some other life inboxes) in real time on the air! Listen to find out how long it took to get me from ~140 messages (half a week’s…
Complaint: Apple’s Screen Time isn’t working well for me these days. It’s adding in fake screen time. That bar on Monday included 5 hours from midnight to 5 AM of screen time. I was sleeping so . . . definitely was not on my…
. . . arrived on our doorstep as we arrived home from the event I wanted to wear it to. The funny thing is that if it had arrived last night, I probably would have worn it and enjoyed wearing it. But it didn’t…
(Side preamble: The news remains . . . a lot. I continue to be grateful for Up First and my Pantsuit Politics membership. Onward.) 1- I abandoned a book temporarily. (It is not the one shown below.) Honestly, I was enjoying R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis…
Field Trip Continues . . . I know better than post pix of A and her friends without permission . . . but I think I’m allowed to share this one: It sounds like they are having fun and VERY packed days (though somehow…
Holiday Fun is Shaping Up! Here’s what we have on the docket each weekend and day off between now and . . . 2026. This weekend: close fam friend bat mitzvah (during day) and date night (finally – it has been forever!). Note: previously…
. . . and they’re off! A left this morning on a school trip to DC — I dropped her off at 4:50 AM at FLL where she met up with most of her class. I think I have been desensitized by the past…
Best Laid Plans
Ep #277: Life Updates, BLP Live Takeaways, and Your Mini DIY Planning Primer for 2026
In today’s episode, I shares some life updates coming off of a tough week! Then I delve into an overview of BLP Live and some of her own key planning takeaways from the event. Finally, I respond to a listener request for a “DIY…
Sunday Listening I listened to two super interesting podcasts yesterday: One was this episode of the TED Radio Hour (hosted by one of my all time favorites, Manoush Zomorodi). Even more fun, I listened to it with kids in the car, who agreed wholeheartedly…