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Values-Based Planning: Heart Before Calendar – TPW514

March 25, 2026 by Laura 2 Comments

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  • Values-Based Planning: Heart Before Calendar – TPW514
A full calendar doesn’t always mean a meaningful life. This week we explore values-based planning — a thoughtful approach to organizing your time around what matters most, so your schedule reflects your priorities and your life moves in the direction you truly care about.
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Quarterly Planning: The 90-Day Year (For Real Life) – TPW512

March 11, 2026 by Laura 6 Comments

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  • Quarterly Planning: The 90-Day Year (For Real Life) – TPW512
Annual goals can feel overwhelming. Weekly plans can feel reactive. But 90 days? That’s a timeframe that allows for meaningful progress — without pretending life won’t change. In this episode of The Productive Woman, we explore how to use quarterly planning as a realistic, flexible, and values-aligned way to move what matters forward.
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Planning for Productivity – TPW430

January 25, 2023 by Laura 1 Comment

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  • Planning for Productivity – TPW430
Let’s talk about the value of planning for a productive life and tips for planning in a way that works best for you.
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Do the Next Thing – TPW400

June 22, 2022 by Laura 2 Comments

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  • Do the Next Thing – TPW400
Planning is an important part of a productive life and a frequent topic of discussion on this podcast. Sometimes, though, we just need to do the next thing.
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Making Time to Plan – TPW219

December 5, 2018 by Laura 3 Comments

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  • Making Time to Plan – TPW219
Planning ahead is a key to living intentionally rather than reactively. But how do we make time to plan when our days are already full?
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Taking Care of Future You – TPW 170

December 13, 2017 by Laura Leave a Comment

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  • Taking Care of Future You – TPW 170
As we wrap up the year, it’s a great time to review this year’s accomplishments and give some thought to the coming year. What would future you thank you for doing today?
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Dream to Done: Applying the Goal-Setting Process – TPW129

March 1, 2017 by Laura Leave a Comment

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  • Dream to Done: Applying the Goal-Setting Process – TPW129
We’ve spent a few episodes talking about the process of turning a dream to a goal and then taking action on it. Sometimes it helps to hear examples of how a process works. This episode is a walk-through of the Dream to Done process applied, step by step, to two examples.
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Laura McClellan is a lawyer, a writer, a productivity enthusiast, and a tech geek. Married for 47 years to her high school sweetheart, with whom she's raised five amazing kids, she's passionate about encouraging women in their individual journeys as people, wives, mothers, citizens. Laura blogs occasionally at I Was Just Thinking . . . and is working on her first novel. Connect with Laura on X (fka Twitter) as @LauraMcMom.

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