Vision Board
I haven’t blogged much about my Life Coaching in recent weeks. We’re taking a brief recess while I try to allow my body time to adjust to all the med changes it’s going through. I’m very PASSIONATE about the Life Coaching process but I’m also a believer in the fact that there is a time and a place for all things.
One of the things I have been working on as part of the Life Coaching process is a Visual Board of what I would like my life to be like in a year’s time. Some of you may recall that I really struggled with writing what I would like my life to be like in 5 years time.
The Life Coaching process has been really helping me to discover what I DO want for my life. While I think a longer time frame is good to think about, using the time from of “my life in a year’s time” was a good stepping stone for me.
I approached the task by simply making a few notes about things I wanted to change about my life now. Working through some values worksheets provided by Danielle (my life coach) helped me to systematically work through what things were/are REALLY important to me.
I was working through this process back in May and June and decided to choose my 35th birthday (July 2nd 2009) as a significant date for my “life in one year’s time” goals. In my mind it kind of marks a “theoretical half-way point” in my life and is also the time in which we expect to be heading off on our 3-month caravanning trip (a dream Farmboy and I have had since we first got married. Actually, it was MY dream but I rubbed off on him).
Danielle suggested that if I were a visual person, I might benefit from making a “vision board”. The concept really got me excited and while the process itself took a little longer than anticipated (I had a few little hang-ups that she helped me work through along the way that were causing me to procrastinate on putting the board together), it was HEAPS of fun and I feel really positive about my current direction in life.
It’s been finished for over a month now but I’m finally getting around to showing it to you. This is what it looks like (you can click on it for a slightly larger image):
I LOVE looking at it. It holds pride of place on a cupboard door in our office (where I spend quite a bit of my time).
Some of the main features include:
- Family time
- Me time
- Home grown food
- Caravan - holidaying, trip
- Healthy & Fit
- Healthy BMI
- Decluttered Living Spaces
- Feeling Positive
- Feeling Good About Myself
All of these things are important to me and feature as a focus in what I’m trying to achieve in my life.
I’ve found it interesting that the more I work through this process, the lower earning money seems to be on my list of “priorities”. It’s not that it no longer exists, I’m just realising it’s much less important to me than I thought it was. And I suspect that once I get these other areas sorted out, that might just fall into place a little more as well. Or at least I’ll be more ready to focus on it. Maybe. We’ll see.
It will be interesting to see how things go and how close my life matches my vision board in another 12 months.
What about you? Anyone else ever made themselves a vision board of some description? Did you find it helpful?
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That’s so cool! And it must be great feeling having finished it.
For me my blogs are a type of ‘vision board’ - most of my blogs belong to people whose lives (as well as them themselves) inspire me or share similar values or are something that I aspire to. If that makes sense!
I’ve never made a vision board. I’m sure I’d procrastinate and not be able to decide what I want if I tried! I like that your goals are mostly intrinsic. Since I’ve started My Happy Pages, I’ve discovered that most of the things that make me happy come from “outside”. I think I need to find something that makes me feel happy from within, not reliant on someone else.
I love it. I’ve never made one but I can see how inspiring it would be. Well done
Cat - interesting idea. They definitely are a good way to find inspiration.
Journeyer - I was exactly the same. In need of LOTS of external factors to keep me happy. I think I’m still like that but working on it.
Kez - thanks.
That looks great!!!
I did this way back when we were trying to get pregnant and I felt the future was so ‘up in the air’…. I really need to do it again as I get that feeling a lot lately too!
What a neat idea! It must be very motivating to see your goals like that everyday. I’ve never done one, I’m more of a list person, but it does seem that it would be a nice visual reminder of things to work towards.
I love this idea. I think that is a great way of doing it. So much prettier than a list and maybe not as daunting as a list either…. Good on you for getting it done.
I did!!!
It was at a homeschooling conference. It was part of the whole “The Secret” thing. I kind of don’t believe in that–that you can make things by happening just by thinking positive.
But the process of making the vision board was helpful to me in finding out WHAT I wanted.
I think a lot of times I’m lost and confused and have no idea what I want.
Great idea - having it in front of you will definitely help influence the choices you make to reach those goals! And it’s pretty to boot!
Great idea
I’m searching for a Online-Vision-Board for free. But it seem’s that dosent exist…
I’m Irish (not that it makes a difference!). I made a vision sheet, stuck the words ‘big brothers’ from a magazine onto the top corner of it, and lo & behold, although it didn’t happen straight away but rather within a fortnight or 3 weeks, I started seeing much more of my 3 big brothers in a short space of time and that is still continuing. So that wish on my vision sheet came true! now I am wishing the other stuff I stuck on it (words from magazines, some done ‘ransom’ style, images) come through, but they’re more reluctant! A plus for me was the positive, happier feeling I got from doing this, in writing down what words I wanted on it, the life goals I didn’t realise I had kept spilling out of my pen. I kept checking myself every time I visualised negatively. Better than religion even!