I've heard of vision boards through various blogs I read about and each time I read about them, I want to make one for myself. So what am I waiting for?!
Well, I'm a perfectionist by nature so I naturally want this vision board to be perfect - yet I realize life isn't perfect, so I quickly (albeit hesitating the whole way) pushed that thought aside. According to an article by Martha Beck, here are the steps to creating a vision board.
1. Please your animal. Just page through a magazine (and walk through the world) noticing things that trigger physical reactions: a heart thump, a double take, a gasp...these "thoughts" register in your stomach, your heart, your lungs - anywhere but your head. You can't produce them in response to cultural cliches or abstract ideas...Wondering, then finding out, is one of the most delicious things about assembling a vision board.
2. Let go mentally and emotionally. To do it you must relax completely and let your mind go blank. You don't concentrate on the result you want...In fact, you concentrate on not concentrating...Stop thinking about it. Lost it. Recycle it.
3. Be still and still moving. Making a vision board is not a substitute for elbow grease. Magical cocreator or not, you still have to do stuff.
I was going to use an
old frame I once had my diploma in, but decided to use a cute journal I bought in NC. It's got tabbed dividers and is easily transported, so I'll be able to "be still and still move" while I work on this vision. I just have to remember that "The key phrase with this exercise is: 'Then I forgot all about it.'"
old frame I once had my diploma in, but decided to use a cute journal I bought in NC. It's got tabbed dividers and is easily transported, so I'll be able to "be still and still move" while I work on this vision. I just have to remember that "The key phrase with this exercise is: 'Then I forgot all about it.'"I found a great little card through Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. at Books-a-Million. (I love when students give teachers gift cards!)
Although it doesn't entirely fit the purpose of a vision board, it fits me and what a portion of what I should tell myself every day. It's called "Little Pep Talk" and goes like this:
"Repeat after me:
I am strong.
I am special.
I can do anything.
Sometimes life throws
hurdles in our path,
but we just have to keep on going
full speed ahead,
looking inside ourselves
for the courage to leap over them
and never look back.
Always believe in yourself
as much as others believe in you."
*Look for a post soon of my vision...
