You shouldn't bail on your plans.
Jake comes up with an epic plan for his project at work.
Jake wants to complete the project.
Jake follows his plans as closely as possible during his project.
Jake bails on his plan and does something else even though page 72 of his own plan says that's a bad idea.
Jake's project works out fairly well thanks to his hard work planning.
Jake's project fails because he failed to follow his own plans.