Uncertainty is not a failure of planning
Travel contains uncertainty by design:
- schedules move
- policies vary
- environments change
The goal is to build a plan that can absorb variance.
A useful distinction
Separate:
- what must be true (constraints)
- what is nice to have (preferences)
- what is unknown (variables)
What “good planning” looks like
Good planning reduces:
- surprise cost
- surprise time loss
- decision fatigue
It does not eliminate change.