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.

"Future You called and begged Now You to buy Best Laid Plans and use it to make next week, next month and next year easier, calmer and more joyful--for both of you!" -- KJ Dell'Antonia, NYT bestselling novelist and author of How to Be a Happier Parent

"Finally, advice from someone who gets it! Sarah Hart-Unger is in the trenches, balancing career, self, and family. Written with clarity and warmth, this book offers practical strategies that are credible, transferable, and refreshingly doable. With joyful, specific examples that zoom from the big picture down to the daily details, it turns overwhelm into confidence, leaving you motivated to say, 'I can do this, why didn't I try it sooner?'" -- Tyler Moore, also known as "Tidy Dad" and bestselling author of Tidy Up Your Life

"I'll confess to being a planning skeptic, having tried too many systems promising infinite productivity while delivering only extra stress (and eating up time, because of how much work it took to administer them). But Sarah Hart-Unger's uniquely thoughtful approach points the way to a life of calm intentionality, grounded in the reality of our human limitations, yet focused on the accomplishments and experiences that matter most." -- Oliver Burkeman, New York Times bestselling author of 4000 Weeks and Meditations for Mortals

"The only plan you'll need to stop hating Mondays. Sarah Hart-Unger turns chaos into calm--without needing more hours in the day." -- Jodi Wellman, author of You Only Die Once

"In this book, Sarah offers something both rare and sorely needed in our current productivity literature: an approach to time management designed for real people with real lives." -- Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Work and Slow Productivity

"Best Laid Plans is a masterclass in planning--thoughtful, thorough, and deeply kind. Ideas abound for the organizational newbie and aficionado alike. If you enjoy planning even a little, you will devour this book." -- Kendra Adachi, New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, and The PLAN

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Pub date: 2025-12-16

Length: 240 pages