What is long term planning?
We plan on crossing the Canadian Border around the middle of May to head to Alaska for the summer. We have no reservations, just a plan.
We are in DC right now but plan to leave around December 28. Don't know where we are leaving to, but we should figure it out.
We plan on heading west from DC, west enough that we wind up in Tucson by March 8 for the Escapees Escapade. We do have reservations for that.
We also have a week's worth of reservations in Yosemite because I lucked out and managed to snag a site when the reservations opened.
The thing about a plan is you are the one making it. You can also change it. I'm not sure how it could be a hindrance if it is something you control.