You may think that vision boards are just a trend, but they can be helpful in achieving your goals. A vision board is an inspirational collage of images that helps you visualize your dreams, goals, and aspirations in visual form.
A vision board can be a physical board or a digital one. Vision boards help you focus on your goals by creating a visual reminder of what you want to achieve. The purpose of a vision board is to create clarity around what you want in life so that you can make it happen without getting sidetracked or distracted along the way.
Each item on a vision board should be meaningful to you — whether it’s an inspiring quote or an image with special significance to you personally. It’s a tool for focusing on what’s important in life, and it can help you achieve goals more easily than if you don’t have the inspiration a vision board offers.
The best part about using a vision board is that you don’t have to be an artist or designer to make one. All you need is a board and some scissors, glue, magazines, and markers.
Here’s how to create a vision board:
Cut out images from magazines that represent what you want to achieve. Try not to get hung up on the aesthetics
of your vision board at this stage. It’s better to get the images down first before worrying about how they look together. If it helps, use magazine cutouts or printouts from Google Images as a starting point for each image on your board.
Write down quotes relevant to your goals and place them on your vision board.
Stick these images onto cardboard or foam core boards using glue or double- sided tape. You can also use a corkboard and pins. The advantage of this method is you can pin and unpin items.
Put your board somewhere conspicuous where you’ll see it all the time (your bedroom wall perhaps).
Use only positive words and images on your board, so that you attract the good things into your life rather than repel them with negative thoughts and images.
Be active with your vision board. Don’t set it and forget it. Add new images over time as you discover new things that inspire you or remind you of your goals and dreams.
The point of creating a vision board is to build a physical representation of what you’re striving for and then use it as a reminder whenever doubt creeps in about whether you can achieve your dreams. You can!
