G=Goals (#coateisaGOAT)
If you have never heard of a vision board, you are in for a treat! They literally changed my life. I was introduced to them almost 4 years ago by one of my best friends. About five or six months after moving to Florida, Jenn invited her circle of friends to a vision board party. To be completely honest, I had no clue what a vision board was or what I was going to have to agree to buy when I attended the party. Do you know how many Pampered Chef Choppers I own? I am queen of the in-home/direct sales party! Ask me how many times I signed up to sell Mary Kay because I would get the best deal, no joke! I digress…
Since that perfectly timed invitation, I have learned that vision boards are a tool to help you visualize your goals. They became popular in the early 2000s with the publishing of the Secret in 2006 and the approval of Oprah shortly thereafter. I discovered them through the invitation to Jenn’s party (where I did not have to buy anything). See my 2019 vision board below. This was my first attempt.
Each year I have gotten better at manifesting my vision board goals. For example, my first vision board included eight images and two numbers. The 2019 vision board was very vague. I have since learned that the more specific the better. My 2020 vision board can be seen below. I usually include goals about my health, my family, my career, my finances, my home and my mindset.
The true premise behind the vision board is to bring into your life, or manifest, those things that you want and desire via the law of attraction. As written in the book The Secret: “The law of attraction is forming your entire life experience and it is doing that through your thoughts. When you are visualizing, you are emitting a powerful frequency out into the Universe.” You are probably going to be a skeptic. I was to with my first vision board. But guess what? They work! Why do you think I am into my third one? My 2021 board is below.
So how do you make one? First think about your goals, desires and values. Really visualize what you want to focus on for the next year or more. See the list below for some topic suggestions:
- Family
- Career
- Friends
- Animals
- Volunteering/Community
- Home
- Hobbies
- Self-care
- Money
- Health/Wellness (Physical and Mental)
- Travel
- Romantic Relationships
- Values
- Growth Opportunities
- Goals
After you have decided what you want to include in your vision board, it’s time to create. Get out the art supplies! For you techies out there, you can find apps to help you build your board or use Adobe. This year I went true arts and crafts mode using magazines, scissors and rubber cement. Make it your own! And the most important thing is to have fun doing it. In fact, I get so excited about making my vision board each year that I have started a tradition for my birthday celebration in December to have my own “Vision Board Party!” By the way, Jenn gets an invitation every year. LOL.
The last thing to think about is where you will put it. You need to see your vision board every day. Mine is hanging by my bed so I see it every morning when I wake up. I also take a picture and use it as my lock screen on my phone. Remember the point is to shift your focus and begin to manifest these goals into your life. So how about it? Are you ready to make your own vision board? Celebration moment: I am ecstatic to report that I met my main goal this week! I hit 140 on the scale. Now I can move to my healthy movement goal that I have included on my 2021 vision board. That leads us to next week’s topic, which will be habits. See you next week.
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