Have you ever heard yourself say:

“Nothing exciting ever happens anymore.”

I think there comes a point when life can become very… predictable.

We know what we’re doing tomorrow.

We pretty much know what we’re doing next week.

We have our routines. Our favorite restaurants. Our usual shows. Our errands. Our appointments.

And there’s nothing wrong with any of that.

In fact, there can be something wonderful about a comfortable life.

But every once in a while, I think we need something that makes us wake up in the morning and think:

Oh! That’s coming up.

Something we’re looking forward to.

When Did We Start Waiting for Excitement?

When we’re younger, exciting things seem to happen all the time.

First dates.

New jobs.

New homes.

Vacations.

Weddings.

Babies.

Promotions.

Milestones seem to arrive one after another.

Then life settles down a bit.

And without realizing it, we can start waiting for the next exciting thing to happen to us.

An invitation.

An announcement.

A surprise.

Someone else making a plan and asking us to come along.

But what if we don’t have to wait?

What if we can put something exciting into the story ourselves?

Give the Future Something to Work With

This doesn’t have to mean booking a flight to Paris tomorrow.

Although I’m certainly not opposed to that.

It can be much smaller.

Book dinner somewhere you’ve always wanted to try.

Buy tickets to a show.

Take the class you’ve been looking at.

Plan a weekend away.

Invite someone over.

Wear the dress that’s been waiting for a “special occasion.”

Go somewhere you’ve never been — even if it’s only an hour away.

Put something on your calendar that makes you smile when you see it.

Because sometimes excitement begins long before the thing actually happens.

It begins with anticipation.

Looking Forward to Something Is Part of the Fun

Think about the last vacation you really looked forward to.

The enjoyment didn’t begin when you arrived.

It started weeks — maybe months — earlier.

You imagined where you’d go.

You looked at pictures.

You decided what you’d wear.

You made reservations.

You talked about it.

You pictured yourself there.

In other words…

you started experiencing it before it happened.

That’s one of the things I find so interesting about creating Future Memories.

You’re deliberately giving yourself a picture to look forward to.

Make It a Future Memory

Suppose you decide you want to go somewhere you’ve never been.

Don’t stop with:

“I’d like to do that someday.”

Make the picture.

Imagine yourself there.

What are you wearing?

Who’s with you?

What’s happening around you?

What would make that particular moment worth remembering?

Then create your Future Memory as though you’re looking back on something that already happened.

Suddenly, “someday” has a scene.

And once you can see the scene, you can start asking:

What’s one thing I could do to move toward it?

Maybe you research the trip.

Maybe you buy the tickets.

Maybe you call a friend.

Maybe you put a date on the calendar.

The Future Memory isn’t the action.

It’s what gives the action somewhere to go.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Extraordinary

I think this part matters.

Your future doesn’t need to be filled with bucket-list adventures to be exciting.

Maybe your Future Memory is learning to paint.

Planting the garden you’ve always wanted.

Going to a concert.

Taking your granddaughter somewhere special.

Wearing something fabulous to dinner for absolutely no reason.

Starting a little business.

Finishing a project.

Hosting a party.

Seeing the ocean again.

Or simply doing something you’ve caught yourself thinking:

“I’d love to do that someday.”

Someday gets much more interesting when you give it a date.

Put Something on the Calendar

So if you’ve been thinking:

“Nothing exciting happens anymore…”

maybe don’t wait for the universe to send an invitation.

Give yourself one.

Choose something.

Picture it.

Make the Future Memory.

Then put one little piece of it on your calendar.

Because perhaps the problem isn’t that nothing exciting happens anymore.

Maybe we’ve just forgotten that we’re allowed to make plans.

And sometimes the future simply needs us to give it something to work with.

What Would Make You Smile When You Saw It on Your Calendar?

Think of one thing.

It doesn’t have to be sensible.

It doesn’t have to impress anybody.

It just has to make you look forward to something.

Then picture yourself there.

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