How to Plan an Exciting Year

Dec 23, 2025

Feeling stuck about the coming year? Discover how exploring possibilities without pressure can ignite your excitement. Learn the power of your anticipation engine by scheduling one big thing each month. Small changes, like a simple toaster story, can lead to profound insights. Understand the role of inspiration in motivation and how to leverage prospection to create your ideal experiences. Make an anticipation list and embrace the joy of planning a year filled with excitement!

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ANECDOTE

Simple Toaster, Simple Desire

Scott Smith asked his wife for a simple toaster two days before Christmas to illustrate small wants matter.
He used the toaster story to show clarity about desire can be simple and practical.

ADVICE

Explore Without Committing

Explore possibilities without commitment by stopping, looking, and trying things out.
Treat exploration as low-stakes curiosity instead of a public promise.

INSIGHT

Interest Can Grow Into Passion

Interest naturally leads to passion when you give attention to possibilities.
Small acts of curiosity can escalate into meaningful pursuits over time.

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Ever feel stuck not knowing what you want next year?

I'm sharing the brain science behind getting unstuck and excited about 2026. It starts with exploring possibilities without commitment. No announcements, no pressure. Just curiosity.

Once you find something interesting, your anticipation engine kicks in. That's when everything changes. I'll show you how to use your brain's natural wiring to create a year you're genuinely pumped about.

Featured Story

Two days before Christmas, I asked my wife for a toaster.

She said we're not doing gifts this year. But I know better. When she says no gifts, she doesn't mean no gifts.

Our kitchen has 90 cabinets and 92 linear feet of counter space. Every appliance you can imagine. But that massive toaster oven? Doesn't make great toast.

Sometimes the smallest things matter most. Like a simple toaster. Or knowing what you really want without overcomplicating it.

Important Points

Exploring possibilities is the gateway to inspiration. Get interested in things without commitment and see where curiosity takes you.

Your anticipation engine is your most powerful motivational tool. Put at least one big thing per month on your calendar and watch your energy shift.

Humans are uniquely built for prospection. You can create experiences that don't exist yet and make them real.

Memorable Quotes

"Scott said it was okay."

"If you don't feel like you have hope, I can nine times out of 10, no 10 times out of 10."

"The pure excitement of the fact that you're going to go after it is really what the payoff is."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

1. Explore without commitment. Drive home a different way. Stop at that random store. Just look around and see what gets your attention.

2. Build your anticipation list. Put at least one exciting thing per month on the calendar and spend the year getting pumped about it.

3. Create using prospection. Make up experiences you've never done before and make them happen.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - The Christmas toaster request that says everything

03:15 - Why I reinvent myself every holiday season

05:30 - The explore-interest-passion connection that changes everything

08:45- Your anticipation engine and why it's so powerful

12:20 - Prospection: the uniquely human superpower you're not using

15:10 - Building your 2026 list of things to anticipate

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