I Stopped Planning. I Started Shipping. Here's What Happened. - Wempily
I used to plan everything.
I'd spend hours creating detailed project plans. Breaking down features into tasks. Estimating timelines. Creating Gantt charts. Setting milestones.
Then I'd start building, and the plan would immediately become outdated.
So I stopped planning. I started shipping.
Here's what happened.
The Planning Trap
Planning feels productive. You're organizing. You're thinking ahead. You're being strategic.
But planning has a hidden cost: It's work about work, not actual work.
Every hour spent planning is an hour not spent building. Every task created in a planning tool is time not spent coding. Every status update is context switching away from creation.
Planning doesn't ship products. Building does.
The Shift
I realized I was spending more time planning my work than doing my work. So I made a radical change:
I stopped planning. I just started building.
No project plans. No task breakdowns. No status meetings. No Gantt charts.
Just: identify a problem, build a solution, commit it, move on.
What Actually Happened
The results surprised me:
I Shipped Faster
Without planning overhead, I could go from idea to shipped feature in hours instead of days.
I Built More
Time previously spent planning was now spent building. More features. More products. More impact.
I Stayed Focused
No context switching to update plans. No meetings to discuss status. Just building, shipping, building.
I Had Better Visibility
With Wempily tracking my commits automatically, I had better visibility into what I'd actually built than I ever had from planning documents.
The paradox: By stopping planning, I got better project management.
The New Workflow
My workflow became simple:
- Identify a problem - Something needs to be built or fixed
- Build the solution - Code it, test it, commit it
- Ship it - Push to production
- Move on - Next problem, next solution
Wempily tracks everything automatically. I don't need to plan because my actual work creates the project timeline.
The Realization
I thought planning was necessary for organization. But I was wrong.
Building is organizing. Shipping is planning. Your actual work is the best project plan.
When you build first and track automatically, you get:
- Real progress - Based on actual work done
- Accurate timelines - From real completion dates
- True visibility - Into what you've actually accomplished
- Better decisions - Based on real data, not plans
The Results
Since stopping planning and starting shipping:
- 12 active projects managed simultaneously
- 141,000+ resources generated and shipped
- 400,000+ users served
- Zero planning overhead
All tracked automatically. All visible. All real.
The Lesson
Planning isn't productivity. Shipping is.
Your commits are your plan. Your Git history is your timeline. Your code is your progress report.
You don't need to plan your work. You need to do your work, and let it plan itself.
Try It Yourself
Stop planning. Start shipping. Let your work tell its own story.
Ready to shift from planning to shipping?
Try Wempily free at wempily.com
