# Where To START, and Planning to Revolutionize Your Social Life EP 295

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/where-to-start-and-planning-to-revolutionize-your-social-life-ep-295
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/where-to-start-and-planning-to-revolutionize-your-social-life-ep-295.md
Podcast: [Best Laid Plans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156)
Published: 2026-03-23T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://theshubox.com/best-laid-plans-podcast
Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/SAS6499840569.mp3?updated=1774004481
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-laid-plans-309156/episodes/where-to-start-and-planning-to-revolutionize-your-social-life-ep-295
Duration seconds: 2136

## Resource

In today's episode, Sarah answers a question from Nate (who heard Sarah on Cal Newport's Deep Questions Podcast), who asked where it makes sense to START in terms of implementing all of the planning systems she talks about on this podcast (and in her book!). How does one begin to build a system - all at once, or piece by piece?Useful references mentioned:Airtight Task Management Episode: https://theshubox.com/2026/02/blp-ep-288-your-guide-to-airtight-task-management.htmlAnnual Planning Episode: https://theshubox.com/2024/11/ep-226-your-mini-guide-to-2025-annual-planning.htmlSeasonal Planning Episode: https://theshubox.com/2024/03/blp-episode-189-diving-into-quintile-2.htmlMonthly Planning Episode: https://theshubox.com/2025/05/blp-ep-252-monthly-planning-rhythms-completist-mini-review.htmlWeekly Planning Episode: https://theshubox.com/2020/08/day-140-blp-ep-2-weekly-review.html (note: this is the SECOND EVER ep of BLP, so stay tuned for a renewed weekly planning episode coming soon!)Daily Planning Episode: https://theshubox.com/2021/02/blp-ep-28-daily-planning-routines-and-crowding-out-bad-habits.htmlThen, Sarah interviews September Gerety, an CEO in her empty nest phase who has found herself with a thriving community and social life -- and it all started with some planned. She shares her story (as well as a bit about her current systems!). If you have questions for September, you can find her via this episode's show notes at theshubox.com. Episode Sponsors IXL: Make an impact on your child’s learning, get IXL now. Best Laid Plans listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.ixl.com/plans⁠⁠⁠. Green Chef: Healthy meals that fit your nutrition goals (and are delicious too!). Head to Greenchef dot com/50bestlaid and use c…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-laid-plans-309156/episodes/where-to-start-and-planning-to-revolutionize-your-social-life-ep-295/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-laid-plans-309156/where-to-start-and-planning-to-revolutionize-your-social-life-ep-295.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.