Heart Breathings 90 (HB90) is a one-week time management course for entrepreneurs who want to develop effective goals, grow their businesses, and maximize their potential within their niche. The program was developed by Sarra Cannon, bestselling author of The Shadow Demons Saga and six other long-running series. Sarra began self-publishing in 2010 and has earned over a million dollars in profit with her writing. With so many projects in development, Sarra initially created the productivity plan for herself as a way to balance her writing duties with the marketing concerns she faces as an indie author. However, writers who follow her Heart Breathings YouTube channel (where she offers advice on everything from “How to Plot Your Novel” to “How to Edit Your Novel”) became interested in the process. So around 2018, she introduced the standalone course and made her HB90 Planner available on Etsy.
Fortunately, the methods found in this course are helpful regardless of whether you’re a bestselling author, a first-time writer, a social media content creator, or a harried mom simply hoping to find time for herself. In other words, if you’ve lost your passion or focus because you’ve got too much on your plate or you never finish what you start because there’s always something new drawing your attention, then this course will help you find what’s important so that you can create your ideal life.
This is also the perfect program for anyone who has yet to find their niche, or “zone of genius,” as there is a free downloadable PDF workbook “Picture Your Ideal Life” at the start of the program. This bonus exercise is designed to streamline each participant’s focus and get them primed to select the three main goals that the HB90 Method will help them prepare and pursue over a three-month period. She also offers a handful of other bonus productivity downloads throughout the course that I won’t spoil, but I will mention this element as it speaks to the generosity of the program’s creator.
The main course contains seven modules designed to be completed over one week. The purpose is to adopt a clear understanding of your most important goals then develop a system for planning the next 90 days to ensure their achievement. Sarra has designed this program around her quarterly HB90 Planner, which contains 50 goal setting pages as well as daily planning pages for the quarter. Be advised: Although she offers a free HB90 Planner with the course, students will need to print their own pages. All of the course freebies are static or fillable PDFs. However, a fully digital interactive version of the planner, which you can use with a digital pen via an iPad or tablet, is available for an additional cost. Even still, you don’t need to chain yourself to the planner for the concepts to work. At the end of the day, this program is engineered to help you create specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant goals that you can complete in three months with quantifiable results.
The course content is a series of videos spread out over seven days. Each day contains about 60 minutes of lesson footage broken into three or more parts, depending on the subject. In addition, students will have anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes of homework each night as they work on each aspect of productivity—visualizing, decluttering, prioritizing, time managing, goal setting, project planning, task creation, and execution. I have included a brief overview of the program below. However, keep in mind, the class may be slightly reordered or expanded when you enroll. Sarra is always updating these concepts to better serve her students. The best part is that you have lifetime access to the modules once your session begins, which means you can work on the program at your own pace and you are entitled to every update. This also means you can return to the course each quarter and review the lessons as many times as you’d like.
Are you ready for a different way of doing things? A new way of showing up so that you can thrive, no matter what is happening in the world?
- Essential Course Info and Pre-Bootcamp Homework – this includes the “Picture Your Ideal Life” Workbook
- HB90 Planner Downloads and Printing Information
- Live Kick-Off Call – this contains the link to the hour-long video call for students who may have missed the event as aired on Facebook and YouTube
- Day 1: Picture Your Ideal Life (38 minutes)
- Day 2: Find Your Priorities (48 minutes)
- Day 3: Find Your Time (61 minutes)
- Day 4: Goalsetting (73 minutes)
- Day 4: BONUS: Calculate Your Energy Score (19 minutes)
- Day 5: Projects (52 minutes)
- Day 6: Tasks (58 minutes)
- Day 7: Follow-Through (97 minutes)
Sarra mentions her philosophies regarding goal setting and personal achievement derive from books like The Desire Map by Danielle Laporte and The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks among many others. However, the approach is unique to Sarra, and she is immensely generous with her insights. She is also a loving teacher who has been in the trenches, so she gives generously of her time by fielding students’ questions, which you can leave in the class forums. In addition to opening the course with a live kick-off call, where she answers inquiries and addresses what you’ll gain from the course, she has a private Facebook group where students can interact with her and mingle with other students as the session unfolds.
I found that the Facebook community is immensely helpful because you can see how others are setting up their planners and kanban boards (i.e. a visual layout of your quarterly tasks), which inspires new approaches to your own goal setting. Plus, if you found the course because you’re a writer, there’s a huge group within the community who can help with your concerns. Writers of all levels benefit from this course since time management and productivity are vitally important whether you’re juggling your first book or your fourteenth. So as you finish the class and become an alum, you’ll notice that the main Facebook group contains many established writers such as Traci Douglass, Brook Peterson, Priscilla Oliveras, and dozens more. Some will be posting their progress just like you, which is yet again great inspiration, but others stop by to answer questions about publication and are just as generous with their time as Sarra, who updates the group of her own planning and publishing progress each week.
But with that said, her program only works if you put in the effort. I’ve used the HB90 Method for the past year, and I have completed tasks I’d never dreamed—from getting my first speaking engagement to improving my book sales. I accomplish more because my tasks are being completed on time, and I am not pushing things back saying, “I’ll get to that next week.” Arbitrary deadlines never work. I now have a clear understanding of what is important and what isn’t and all of my essential tasks have a clear deadline.
Of course, productivity doesn’t mean planning out every second of your life, but it does mean making realistic goals. No more saying you’re going to write a book in a month if you’ll be on vacation for half of it, or no more saying that you want to increase your social media following without a plan of attack. HB90 helps you take an honest look at your time and develop strategies for using it properly. New sessions start at the end of each quarter, so there are plenty of opportunities to join throughout the year. Enrollment is open NOW through September 15, 2024.
So, is the HB90 Planning Method worth $200? ABSOLUTELY! We all know how to create S.M.A.R.T. goals, but Sarra’s program teaches you how to set things up so that you execute and make real strides toward your dreams. Visit Sarra Cannon’s Heart Breathings website for more information, and join her YouTube channel to see how much she loves her community.
And of course, I’d love to hear from you. Ask a question or leave a comment if you’re familiar with the program and would like to share your experience.
