Best Laid Plans April Q&A: Planning vs Execution, Delegating Tasks, and Spring Planner Releases EP 298
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Apr 13, 2026 Sarah answers April listener questions about why planner reviews slowed and highlights recent spring planner releases. She shares practical ways to remind others about delegated tasks without nagging. She outlines a seasonal approach to managing to-be-read lists. She explores the common struggle between planning and actually getting things done.
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Use A Boot Camp To Build A Functional Planning System
- Do treat Best Laid Plans Academy as a planning boot camp to build a DIY system.
- Sarah describes the course structure: inbox, tasks, calendars, and planning at yearly, seasonal, monthly, weekly, and daily levels.
Planner Reviews Follow Personal Wanderlust
- Planner reviews come from personal planner wanderlust rather than obligation.
- Sarah hasn't been reviewing much because she's satisfied with her current system, but will review noteworthy new designs like Simplified and Hobonichi spring starts.
Schedule Delayed Texts To Outsource Reminders
- Do schedule delayed texts to outsource reminders instead of nagging repeatedly.
- Listener Olivia schedules texts (e.g., pay bills at 6:30 p.m., pajama day reminder Thursday night) so phones, not you, nag loved ones.