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Vision boarding is a great way to get clear on your goals and motivate yourself to bring them to life. Vision boards have become hugely popular, helped by celebrities who swear by them. So popular that these days, there are even NYE vision board parties being organized.
Whether you end up making yours together with friends or by yourself, it can be a fun activity that has a big potential to shape your life and attract your greatest desires.
A vision board, or a dream board, is essentially a physical manifestation of your goals. It’s also one of the best ways how to put the Law of Attraction into practice.
Creating a vision board is more than merely cutting out magazine pictures, putting together beautiful collages, and hoping for the best. It’s a creative process, a powerful visualization tool that helps you narrow down desires through the power of choice. While you’re setting clear intentions and goals, it’s the Law of Attraction that magnetizes and attracts you to the opportunities you need to turn these dreams of yours into a reality.
It’s all about you meeting the energetic vibration you’re expecting for your life that will end up attracting your desires. But how exactly, you ask? Let’s look at three powers that are in play during your dream board creation process.
The Question is not “Are you worthy enough to reach your goals?”
The Question is “Are your goals worthy enough of you?”
— Bob Proctor
Whether creating one or several boards, the limited space forces you to focus on your most treasured desires. You should first identify your desires. Then select images that represent those desires. The simple selection process narrows down your focus and personalizes your board with specific messages that matter to you.
For example, you might decide to put a picture of a house on your vision board because you want to purchase your dream home one day. If you’re not satisfied with pasting an image of just any house, you can look for the perfect representation of your dream home, or pick aspects of different homes to create a collage that would express for you your perfect home, starting from its location to the overall design. The process of making those choices sends a very specific and personalized message to the Universe.
Without a doubt, it is the visual aspect of a dream board that really drives home your desires and sends a very clear message. To understand why visualizing your desires is so powerful, we need to take a look at the brain.
Our brain is an incredible machine that is geared toward making us successful with every action we take. It trains our bodies to prepare for action — when we imagine ourselves preparing for an activity, our brains actually run through the process and send signals to the rest of our body to complete the action.
Visualization is nearly as powerful as performing the action. When you visualize yourself living in your dream home, your brain trains your body for that reality. In fact, in one study, researchers found that the mental training of the physical exercise was almost as effective as the actual physical practice.
Whether attempting to learn a new skill or create a new habit, consistency is the key. We’re wired for repetition. You might have heard of the saying "Neurons that fire together wire together" Every time we repeat an action, activated neurons build a stronger connection, which explains how any skill can become automatic.
It’s not enough to just create a board and leave it to gather dust in your closet. By placing it in a spot you see daily, you create the opportunity for consistent visualization to train your mind, body, and spirit to manifest your desires. The most time-consuming part is the initial creation. After that, the consistency in the visualization happens every time you purposefully look at it.
Feeling empowered to create your own dream board? It’s easier than you might think. Simply follow the steps below to prepare and execute what may be one of the most important first steps you can do for your dream life.
Let’s get started.
Start with the plan for your vision board. Consider the message you want your personalized board to convey and how you want it to look like. To begin with, ask yourself the following questions and make sure you list out all the items you need to either purchase or find at home.
Think about:
Make note of your answers before you begin selecting your images.
b. Do you want one board or multiple boards for different areas of your life?
Some people prefer to make several smaller boards to visualize different life categories, while others prefer to make one large board that combines everything.
Keep in mind that you’ll need to place your board in a visible area that you see every day. For a small space, don’t buy a huge, poster board. If you’re picky about the design and want your board to match your decor, consider that as well.
You can source the images you’re going to use from:
Images are a major component of vision boards. For photographs printed from the internet and cut out from magazines, use stick glue, tape, or hot glue. For precious items or photographs, buy acid-free, removable adhesive that is safe for photos.
Some people don’t mind haphazardly cutting out photos and gluing them to a board. Others prefer a tidy and neat board. If you’re fine with imperfect cutouts, stick to scissors. But if you need perfectly cut-out, intricate images, pick up an x-acto blade and a cutting mat for a much more enjoyable experience.
To imagine ‘the look’ and unique, potential experience of creating your board, ask yourself a few questions:
To make sure you have all the supplies on hand to make the creation experience smooth and uniquely yours, it’s time to take your list and buy the things you need. Don’t hesitate to check out thrift stores and local sites like Craigslist where you could often find plenty of offers for crafting supplies.
Also, gather your vision board images. If you decide to go for the cutouts, make sure you have enough newspapers or magazines. If you need to print out quotes from the internet, make sure you have enough paper and printer ink, or that you print them beforehand someplace else.
Creating a vision board is a ritual. It’s a time to get in touch with your true self, identify your deepest desires, and focus your energy on attracting them into your life. Treat this moment as self-care, something you’re doing for yourself.
Here are some ideas to make creating a vision board a special experience for you:
For the final step, let your creative power shine. It’s up to you whether your board is simple and literal or complicated and metaphorical. Cut out your images and tell a story or create a collage of images that speak to you. What matters is that the images mirror your desires. When you look at the board images, you should feel a strong positive connection to those desires.
Take time to cut your images out. Sit with them for a moment before you attach them to your board. Feel the desire running through your body. Notice the emotions that arise when you’re thinking of that image and the desires that it conjures. See yourself getting what you want and feel the happiness radiating from it. Whatever you’re feeling in this moment is exactly what you want to experience every time you look at your vision board.
Once you’ve created your vision board, place it somewhere where you see it every day. Often people like to place their vision board near their nightstand or other places that they look at first thing in the morning.
To avoid “not really seeing” your vision board, create a weekly habit of sitting with your board. For about 10 minutes, look at it, reflect on why you chose those specific images, and revisit the feelings of happiness and gratitude of eventually having those desires in your life.
Not only is a vision board a wonderful reminder of what you truly want in life, it’s a powerful motivator to enact on achieving your goals. Treat your vision board like it’s sacred — it’s a special gift you’ve given to yourself, and a powerful tool to attract all your desires into your life.
Do you have any vision board tips you’d like to share?
We hope this article has supported you in your creative visioning process, but if you’re still unclear as to what you actually want in life, you’re not alone.
Many people end up manifesting the lives they’re expected to live, not the lives they’re destined to live. There’s a new technique named True Manifesting that allows the user to break free from societal expectations of what they should want, and tap into what their Souls are calling them to manifest. From that space, you can then create a crystal clear vision board.
If you’re ready to dive deeper into your Soul’s true purpose and exciting new concepts such as ‘Spiritual Shapeshifting’, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith has created a free Masterclass to support you in your journey.
Think of this as the most upgraded version of traditional manifesting. And you’ll be experiencing what it’s like to surrender to your Soul’s grander vision so you can step into a new life with more opportunities than you’ve ever imagined.
