Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life That You Love

by Sarah Hart-Unger

Overview

Stop running on auto-pilot and make the most of every day with intentional planning!

Every moment matters when you have big goals for your family, career, and the community you're committed to. Between kids' schedules, work meetings, anniversary trips, the occasional date night, and squeezing in a quick gym session, it's easy to get overwhelmed! The constant barrage of obligations and to-dos is exhausting—especially for women who are also managing the mental load in most areas of family life. We end up stuck in routines and habits that don't serve us, as our dreams seem to slip further and further away.

What if, instead of greeting each day in a scramble to keep up, there was a clearly laid out plan, complete with breathing room for rest and fun? In Best Laid Plans, Dr. Sarah Hart-Unger offers an intuitive planning method for setting audacious goals, working with the natural rhythms of your life in every season, and bringing a sense of peace and joy back to every day. 

With Best Laid Plans, you'll learn:

• How to create and accomplish nested goals for every year, month, week, and day
• The magic of planning in seasonal quintiles, or five seasons instead of four
• The airtight task management method for handling all of those pesky to-dos
• How to fill each day with meaningful moments of connection and delight

Discover a simple way to make the most of every day and live your best life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781464246340
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	12/16/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270

About the Author

Sarah Hart-Unger is a practicing physician and podcaster with a passion for planning and productivity. She began learning about planning techniques while she was a medical resident strapped for time, and this interest grew exponentially when she added multiple children to the mix. She spent years creating and refining her own methods of intentional planning, goal setting, and day-to-day life management, ultimately developing the methods she eventually launched on her podcast and popular online courses. She loves to help women especially gain control of their lives so they can have more fun while making progress in the direction of their most important dreams. Over 100 participants have now gone through her first and flagship course, Best Laid Plans Academy, helping her learn which methods are most effective and universally applicable. She also developed a live course which has been held every November since 2024, bringing participants to South Florida for a fun and enriching annual planning experience. In addition to planners, she loves reading, fitness, and traveling with her family.