# July Q&A: Seasonal Slumps, Editing Your "To Read" List, Planning in New Motherhood, and More EP 311

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/july-q-a-seasonal-slumps-editing-your-to-read-list-planning-in-new-motherhood-and-more-ep-311
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/july-q-a-seasonal-slumps-editing-your-to-read-list-planning-in-new-motherhood-and-more-ep-311.md
Podcast: [Best Laid Plans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156)
Published: 2026-07-13T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://theshubox.com/best-laid-plans-podcast
Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/SAS1499923789.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-laid-plans-309156/episodes/july-q-a-seasonal-slumps-editing-your-to-read-list-planning-in-new-motherhood-and-more-ep-311
Duration seconds: 1204

## Resource

In today's episode, Sarah tackles questions sent during the month of July. Topics:- How did you help your kids through the disappointment of cancelled plans (in reference to the prior week's ep)?- Advice for planning at the start of new motherhood?- Follow up advice for the listener struggling with her "to buy" list- What to do when "New Year" momentum fizzles out in spring and summer?- How to manage your "to be read" / "to be watched" collections when they add up to wayyyyy more time than you actually have to read/watch? July Sponsors IXL: Best Laid Plans listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at ⁠https://www.ixl.com/plans⁠. PrepDish: Make your menu planning so much easier! Try it free for 2 weeks by visiting ⁠⁠prepdish.com/plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-laid-plans-309156/episodes/july-q-a-seasonal-slumps-editing-your-to-read-list-planning-in-new-motherhood-and-more-ep-311/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/july-q-a-seasonal-slumps-editing-your-to-read-list-planning-in-new-motherhood-and-more-ep-311.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.