This post is Day 12 of the 31 Days to Reset Your Life Challenge. Learn more and sign up for the program here.
Today, we’re going to get even more visual with our goals and dreams by creating a vision board. A vision board is a powerful visualization tool that you can create as inspiration for your journey toward your ideal life. Some people refer to it as a “dream board.” No matter what you call it, it’s basically a collage of pictures and quotes that serve to remind you of your passion and purpose. But don’t worry, you don’t have to be an artist to make one!
Day 12: Create a Vision Board
Today’s exercise will require you to assemble some art supplies. Note: This exercise will take about an hour. You’ll need:
- a cork board, posterboard or small canvas
- some magazines
- markers or paint
- some thumbtacks, pins, glue or tape
Step 1: Cut out images from magazines (or draw your own) that represent your ideal life narrative, your personal mission statement or simply inspire you.
Step 2: Paste or tack the images on your corkboard, posterboard or canvas.
Step 3: Use your markers or paint to write your personal mantra or other favorite quotes onto your vision board.
Step 4: If you like, frame your vision board and hang it on your wall. (Mine is up on the wall near my dining room table, facing me as I eat breakfast every morning!) Make sure you display your vision board somewhere you’ll see it everyday and be inspired!
An alternative: You can also create your vision board online with the O Dream Board program from Oprah.com. I haven’t used it yet myself, but it looks like a cool way to utilize technology to put together your vision board. Plus, it’s free!
Here’s my vision board. I made mine a while back and based it on my personal mission statement, but again, you can go with whatever inspires you the most.
When you’re done, please share a photo of your vision board in the comments! How did you feel as you were putting it together?
Note: If you blogged about today’s assignment, please post the link in the comments so we can read it!
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Here is the electronic version of my vision board:
http://www.oprah.com/odbimage/db_209836913_1
I actually enjoy coloring and being creative so this weekend I will buy some crayons and other supplies to creat a board for my room. This has been my favorite exercise so far!
I posted a pic of my vision board on my newly created blog. That’s something new in itself. I was excited about this challenge because I had already finished mine about a month ago. This is my second vision board. I look at it daily to visualize my dreams of now and the future. Let me know what you think.
http://liftingu2dream.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/31-day-re-set-challenge-vision-board/
i can only describe my vision board i’m afraid as, even if i took a picture, i don’t know how i would upload it to here! lil help!?
Anyway, it is an A2 sized corkboard with a light wood frame.
I have chosen 4 life areas i want to work on for my vision board.
In the middle i have a “Become who you are” A4 sized laminated poster, as for me that is the entire point of this journey.
On the left, going down vertically is the area of health i want to work on. on that side i have pictures of good food i like to eat (“healthy” food conjures up too many negative connotations) a picture of a pair of skechers shape ups to remind me of and encourage my commitment to walking more. I’m not really about losing weight, i just want to be fitter and have more energy (definatly energy) so it was hard to decide what to put at the top. So i just put a picture of some cute joe browns outfits i’ll be able to look good in when i lose some weight, even though weight loss isn’t the specific goal.
On the right of the board, also going vertically, i have made a lil chart for my debts and savings. I have the debt part in red, which i can lower each month as my debt gets paid off. Another part of the chart is black, which will go up as i start to save. Also on the chart i have a picture of the badge of the school i work at with a big red “no smoking” style circle over it to indicate that my goal is to leave that job.
At the top is my spiritual goals (though goal is not really the right word) here i just have post its of spiritual sayins/ bible references and words of wisdom from spiritual leaders (my favourite is joyce meyer) that runs horizontally. This is to help me build and maintain my faith.
At the bottom horizontally i have my other motivational sayings on post its that are non spiritual based (eg from the daily love or inner visions) Also at the bottom in the middle i have another A4 laminated poster with a quote from Samual Becket: “ever tried? ever failed? Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
I have it on my windowsill where i can see it every day (plus it is too damn big to miss!)
I have made my board interactive in that i can keep adding the spiritual/motivational post its and i can change the finances chart monthly, so it is constantly being added to and updated as i get further along my journey.
Something else i did to keep my lazy ass on track was to have a mini vision board. This is another corkboard that is a little smaller than A4 size. I have little heartshaped post its for that one in different colours. On it i have daily goals (pink post its with red puch pins) weekly goals (yeloow post its with yellow push pins) and monthly goals (green post its with green push pins). At the bottom i have things i enjoy (chosen from the 100 favourite things task) in orange post its with blue push pins. There is no time limit on those, its just to make sure that i am including things i like/love in my life on a regular basis. that hangs above my dressing table mirror, so again cannot miss it. And it is also constantly updated.
Though i think, for someone who has led such a lethargic “nothingy” life, having daily and weekly targets might be a bit much, so i might scale it back to monthly, then build up from there.
http://onedayinherlife.tumblr.com/post/4422216966/what-im-living-for-working-for-and-everything
Very nice!
I created a Dream Board using the “O Dream Board” on the Oprah website. It is a free service (nothing to buy and no fee to use the program). One can then save a photo of it to one’s computer and print it out. I enjoyed this exercise. I now have a nice graphic to remind me of my values and goals. Thanks.
My quotes, pics, etc all ready…vision board incomplete. This task came on the day I vowed only to spend money for life needs. It was an unpaid furlough day for me, no money earned-none spent. I decided to stick to the spending freeze all weekend. Will post a pic when I have it all on the cork board (to be purchased).
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Finally thought of how to post mine to the comments….. still working on it but here’s what I’ve got so far: http://twitpic.com/3sspt9
This is a vision board that I created back in 2008.
http://neodaughter.blogspot.com/2011/01/day-12-31-day-reset-challenge-from.html
nifty! what do you think will be different about the next one?
oh this was just SOOO much fun! http://www.amandamichellejones.com/?p=681
I’m 3 days behind on this exercise but I finally completed my vision board! I used an old painted canvas I had and some newspaper cutouts and even some custom drawings
I love it! It was a little painstaking, but at the same time I felt like I was doing something worthwhile that would bring me closer to my goals. I wish I had a pic, but my digital camera is broken 
Here is my vision board. http://thedivajournals.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-your-vision.html
i love your layout & the B&W contrast you’ve used. it feels very balanced…
http://bmoreflyy.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/reset-day-12-create-a-vision-board/
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Very very late but I got it done – Vision Board 2011 – http://ow.ly/3vWZy
Love it!
Thank you.
This was a fun assignment! I will post a better pick this week but I took a mobile pick and just tweeted. Now that I’ve finished my vision board, everything seems even easier to achieve. Just have to maintain focus and stay out of my own way! (Twitter @Solstar5)
Here is my vision board. I was in the process of creating another one but the one on oprah.com was easier. Here is the link http://www.oprah.com/odbimage/db_208954960_1
Good Morning <3s!
I cannot wait to share my vision board with everyone. My plan is to have it completed by my birthday, December 27th.
Have a great day!
Posted a little late…check it out
http://www.afrocentricdaydream.com/?p=107
I did the O Dream Board. I used to clip magazine photos, words, etc., to make binder covers and such. Fun times : )
Here’s my Dream Board: http://keikokaveri.tumblr.com/post/2321620232
I posted my O Life Board to Twitter because I couldn’t figure out how to do it here. Sorry!
So I finally completed my vision board! Still catching up on the challenges!
http://www.oprah.com/odbimage/db_202075389_1
Hi community check out my vision board here http://t.co/ewJdfXI
Here’s my vision board that I shared on my blog over a year ago.
http://fabmomclt.blogspot.com/2009/10/whats-your-vision.html
Yeah!!! Somebody else from Charlotte. I see most of the lovely women live in the DMV area!! Finally a ‘homegirl’
This is really cool!
I love the way you put it together, the background and words especially.
Here is mine!! http://www.oprah.com/odbimage/db_208942758_1
That was nice. I wanted to see how the dream board would look via the Oprah site before I did one. I think I might do that and the paper board.
I like this, I’ll try to make one here as well
here is my day 11 and 12. I already have a vision board that update fairly often http://wp.me/pBR3E-Au
I wrote out my ideas for my vision board. I have to wait until this upcoming weekend to actually build it and put it together…but I am excited! Pictures coming soon
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This exercise was right up my alley! I decided to do the electronic version, as well. http://t.co/O4mBM45
i opted for the electronic version. here’s my vision board! http://t.co/PlhdAkY
Tara I like your vision board. Your quotes are so inspiring
I actually did one a few years ago when I read “The Secret”for the most part everything is the same. There are somethings I need to change and/or add. One thing I learned from the many books, articles etc I’ve done is to make sure you include a picture of yourself. You should center it all around you; put yourself in the picture. So that’s the main thing I’m going to do with this new one- add a picture of me smiling brightly. Happy about my life!!