When I start waxing poetic about the vision board, I know you’re going to get the idea that I am a crafty one. You may be envisioning that of a scrap-booker, knitter, mender or otherwise capable soul. Wipe that from your mind… I am none of those things.

But, I do get pretty geeked up about the vision board process. Funny thing is that I make one most years but I rarely get it done at the very start of the year.  A couple weeks into the New Year is usually when it happens. I must need to marinate in the idea of a new year for a while or something.

AND, marinate I have. So here it is. The first thing I do when making my board is to have a theme for the year. I am not sure where I picked this up from so if it’s you, please remind me so I can give full credit.

I started warming up to the idea of life themes when the TV show Ally McBeal made having a theme song popular. Crazy? Maybe. Nutty? Probably. But, fun? Most definitely.

My theme is an overarching idea of what I want the year to be about in every aspect of my life. It sounds pretty lofty, I know. Keep in mind, there are times in each year that it appears I must have chosen the theme “Crap-tastic!” or “Ugh.”

But this year it is: Epic! (At least right now)

I have some goals, adventures and ventures that I am pursuing this year and they are epic for me. It doesn’t matter if your goals, or my goals, mean anything to anyone else. It’s whether they really resonate for you.

Once I figure out my theme and goals start to take shape, I look for photos, quotes, and magazine cutouts that illustrate, or speak to, all of this and motivate me to stay on the path this year.

When I look at the board I want it to reflect me,

and “the me” I am working to become.

Then I put the board someplace I see it every day and that location changes. I change it up because after a while the board is easy to not “see” any more. So for a while it hangs out in my office. When I stop being aware of it, the new locale may be in front of my treadmill just above the TV. Then it might get moved to the top of the dresser in my bedroom.

I see my vision board as sacred as my journal. So keep it in places that it will be treated as such. You may not want to post it on a blog for public humiliation and judgment, you know like me.

But most importantly make the board!

G