223. Creating a Plan You Can Actually Stick To

January 23, 2026

Creating a Plan You Can Actually Stick To
Why Rigid Plans Fail — and Flexible Ones Work

If planning feels restrictive or overwhelming, this episode explains why — and how to create plans that support real life instead of collapsing.

Many women avoid planning because it feels restrictive or emotionally loaded. In this episode, Kara explains why rigid plans fail, how fear of disappointment fuels avoidance, and how to create flexible plans that actually support consistency.

Key Takeaways:

Why planning feels like pressure
The difference between rigid and supportive plans
How flexibility builds trust
Why planning should reduce decision fatigue

Reflection Questions:

What has made planning feel hard in the past?
Where do I fear “failing the plan”?
What would a supportive plan look like this week?

CTA:
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Episode Transcript

If planning feels overwhelming, or restrictive, or like something you're bad at,
You're not. Most women don't actually hate planning. They hate plans that don't survive real life.
You plan, you feel good, and then something comes up.
You're tired. You're busy, you're stressed!
And suddenly, the plan feels useless, or like proof that you failed.
I've been told this again and again. Why would I make a plan?
If I'm simply not going to stick to it.
What does that say about me?
That's why women avoid planning.
So they don't plan.
Because not planning feels safer than failing at a plan.
That's not resistance, or failure, that's fear of disappointment.
I used to think planning meant predicting the perfect week.
But real life doesn't need perfect plans. It needs flexible ones. A plan isn't a rulebook.
support for…
all the things. Anything that might happen.
If a plan only works when everything goes right, it's not supportive.
Planning should make things feel calmer, not tight or heavy, not like…
something you have to rebel against, or that you might even rebel against it.
So this week, instead of asking, what's the best plan?
ask, what's a plan I'd still follow on a hard day?
Maybe you have two plans. Maybe you have the plan for when things are going okay, and then you have a plan
for those hard days.
That's what I want you to find out. What's a plan that you can just follow?
Think it through for yourself.
Inside my free webinar, I show how women create plans that flex instead of fail.
If you're planning has always felt like pressure, like you're looking for the right thing, the perfect thing, this will feel different.
You can find that webinar at www.coachingkara.com/signup. The link is in the show notes.