Buy Some Glasses and Get a Vision

"Where there is no vision the people perish" -Proverbs 29:18
    If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you've gotten there? Who do you want to be? What do you want that person to be doing? What do you want your life to look like? Getting a vision is powerful. Putting these wishes, thoughts, and dreams out into the universe is the first step in making them reality.
    I have found that creating a vision board is a really helpful exercise in clarifying who I want to be. Although there are many different ways to go about creating a vision board, the basic gist is that you take pictures, words, phrases, and anything else meaningful to you, and cut and paste them into a board of what you want your future to look like. For some really comprehensive instructions on creating a vision board, I recommend Christine Kane's Complete Guide to Vision Boards (http://christinekane.com/). In the meantime, here are some of my recommendations for getting a vision for yourself:

• I don't think it matters if you create a vision board out of old magazine clippings, digitally, create a vision journal, or come up with some other wildly creative way to brainstorm the vision of your life. The key is to brainstorm. Write down everything you want to be, cut out pictures of everywhere you want to go, create an index card file of one word traits you want to cultivate in yourself. The key is to brainstorm!
• I prefer a method of digital vision board using mainly pictures. Below you can check out my vision board from last year and my vision board from this year. Basically, I select all the pictures that speak to me, then sort them into meaningful categories, and then arrange them on the board. I used the "dream board" on oprah.com for mine.
• Remember, it's time to DO something. Creating a vision board, free form writing about all the   dreams you have, listing out the kind of person you want to be- any and all of these activities will truly help jump start your fresh start.

If you are unfamiliar with journaling or not very arts and crafty, I know this activity might be out of your comfort zone. However, if you cannot articulate where you are going, you really can't begin the journey. For those that are feeling trepidatious about this, I will write some more specific instructions on getting a vision tomorrow. For the rest of you, grab your scissors and start cutting!

Last Year's (2011-2012) Vision Board

                                                     

This Year's (2012-2013) Vision Board

                                                        



















PS- Most of the stuff on last year's vision board came true. More on that tomorrow!