From my Vision Board speech on March 11th.
I mentioned to a friend that I was going to be working on my Vision Board over the weekend. She said something to the effect of, “you silly girl, you believe in that stuff?” I know why she felt the way she did, since there are many people who feel that Vision Boards are some type of magic…or those who create them think that magical things will happen just by placing some pictures on a poster board.
Vision Boards are not about expecting magic to happen, unless you consider your dreams to be magical, then maybe so…
Back to my friend’s skepticism and the The Secret, which is not really a secret after all. The Secret is about The Law of Attraction. Its main premise is that: What we think about comes about – thoughts become things – and we attract what we focus energy on. This is where some people start to dismiss these ideas as “magical”, but the “magic” behind Vision Boards is your dreams, goals and desires.
- How many people have written goals?
- How many keep their goal-list updated on a semi-consistent basis?
- What makes goal writing so powerful?
As we identify what our goals are, the likelihood of achieving them increases greatly! Why is this? My own theory – and the theory of The Law of Attraction - is that we should focus both our thoughts and actions towards those goals. If I don’t know what my goals are, how do I know what I want to achieve? Only 5% of the population writes down their goals.
Vision Boards are simply a visual representation of our goals. When you surround yourself with images of who you want to become or what you want to have, then your life changes to match those images and desires. A vision board is a blueprint for the kind of life you’d like to create for yourself — a visual representation of your desired future.
What do vision board looks like? Mine shows a car, exercise, adventure, travel, knives from Pampered Chef, cooking demonstrations, and things I want to achieve. My goals are written as if they have already happened. Writing goals in the past tense is something that I learned over the years. It helps me to feel what it is like to have already accomplished the goal, which will help bring it to fruition.
Let’s say you are ready to create your very own vision board. Where do you start? I started by writing down all of my goals. I went through my journals from the last few years and consolidated my goals into one list. This allowed me to see which goals I had achieved, which ones were written down year after year and were still yet to be achieved and which ones I wanted to focus on for this year, or in the coming years.
I used magazines to find pictures, phrases and words that were appealing to me. Some of the items I clipped weren’t on my goals sheet. There are no rules when it comes to creating a vision board; just add what speaks to you or is visually appealing to you. There is a reason why you are being attracted to the images and words; they mean something even if you don’t understand why. Adding phrases or affirmations works well too.
Select images that are:
- Relevant to your present life
You will also need poster board, stick glue (not Elmers), and scissors.
Once you have your pictures, clippings etc… just let the layout come naturally. Once you have everything in place, begin gluing all of your clippings and images down to the poster board. Once you have completed your vision board, place it in a location that allows you to see it every day.
I hope I have taken a little bit of the mystery out of Vision Boards and allowed you to see the “Magic” in them that will eventually be the things in your life that you will have once you have identified your goals and are focused on bringing those goals to life, which is definitely magic!
- Lanette
My Vision Board
Chatting on The Green
In General Meeting Commentary, Resources on September 20, 2009 at 1:51 pmThis is why people join Chamber Chatters. We love to shake it up! On September 16th, we shook it up outside.
We walked down the street from our usual meeting place at the Chamber of Commerce office and held our meeting in the open air.
We had a fabulous time and heard three great speeches. Here is what we learned:
1) All else equal, when speaking outside, one must speak a fair degree louder than compared to an inside location.
2) Just because the lecturn starts in the shade, does not mean it will stay in the shade!
3) Buses, cars, and other vehicles going by are louder than one would otherwise imagine. Plan to be interrupted by engines.
4) Landscapers may be working in the area. That means noise from hedge trimmers, blowers, and mowers must be added into the mix.
5) We loved it so much, we’re going to do it again! Despite the challenges, everyone came away quite enthusiastic about the meeting format. It worked. Being outside definitely worked.
6) Bring sunglasses.
-Wendy Goody