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?
Definitely an improvement on MATHS homework, that’s for sure. 
