Creating Your Vision Board

Whether you are a fan of The Secret, or could simply use a daily reminder of your goals, a vision board can be a great tool for putting you closer to your dreams. You can use it for visualization exercises, daydreaming, or to keep your goals/dreams in mind on a regular basis. I recently made one of my own, will share with you how I did it.

The concept is simple: To create an area in your living space, that portrays a visual representation of what you want for your life. It can be a small as a sheet of paper, or as large as a wall, that's up to you. Put your vision board someplace where you will see it frequently. If you choose a small one, how about putting it on the refrigerator? Maybe in the bathroom? I put mine by my bed. I see it when I wake up and again before I go to sleep.
There are many ways to collect your images.
Cut pictures out of magazines, use personal photographs, draw pictures, make a video slide show, or use the Internet to collect and print images.
This is how I made mine.

I started by making a list of 5-6 things that I really wanted for my life. One of the things I want is a house with a great room, with tons of light that I can use as a studio. I went to Google Images and did a search for "great room". Hundreds of pictures of great rooms came up. I looked through them until I saw one that really excited me. I then saved that image to my hard drive. After I had 5 or 6 compelling photos, I studied them and picked my favorite. (Hint: only use images that inspire big positive emotions for you.) I chose an image with good resolution and was able to print it out as a 7" x 9" picture using photo paper. I then put it in an 8x10 inch frame.

I also wanted something to represent a new relationship with money. I found an image (Google again) of a tree growing dollar bills, I also got an image of a dove held in cupped hands, then put the dove image in the top of the money tree. I now had a photo that symbolized being at peace with money.

Here is the best Internet resource of all! I discovered a website that allows you to create a newspaper headline and article, and you can write whatever you want. You can then print out a very real looking article straight from your imagination. I composed an article where I am being interviewed about my successful new business. I talk about how quickly things have grown, and about how much I love what I am doing. You also date the article. Assuming that this is a powerful creation tool, how soon did you want that? This was great fun to do; I was surprised at how writing my "article" just flowed.
This amazing website: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

When I had all my images, I framed them, and then arranged them on my bedroom wall. I ended up with 6, but realized quickly that I only truly cared about 4 of them.

Each morning, when I awake, there they are, my dreams- beautiful, alive in full color, and great fuel for my imagination to visualize, visualize.
So what will your vision board look like?