The vision board (or Vision board) is a personal development tool. To create your Vision board, you have to create a collage of images and words representing your desires, your dreams, your goals and his aspirations. The role of the board, once installed in your workspace, is to inspire and motivate you on a daily basis.
In this sense, the Vision board is a fantastic way to organize what you want to achieve in the future that inspires you to take action. You can use it for your short and long term goals.
You can choose to do it the old fashioned way, by sticking pictures, papers, cards or design it online with tools provided for this purpose.
Why create your Vision board?
What will you use your vision board for? Above all, don’t lose sight of where you want to go. By adding graphic or textual elements into this framework, you will clarify what you want to get from life and focus on what you need to do to get there.
Whether they are personal, professional, spiritual, concrete, you will see all your projects, desires and objectives and be able to say to yourself: “this is why I work! I want it and I will have it”
The first step in creating a dashboard is to determine what is most important to you, then look for inspiration from there. You will then leave your creativity express yourself…
And what do we put on it?
The goal of the Vision board is, first of all, to make it look like you. Therefore, the possibilities are endless to choose what will appear there. The important thing is that each element there corresponds to your objectives and your values.
You can create your Vision board with:
- inspiring quotes and your favorite author words,
- personal photos,
- printed or cut images, postcards, business cards,
- decorative stickers, illustrations, icons, graffiti…
7 steps to create your Vision board
Here are the instructions for making your Vision board!
- Buy the support of your choice: magnetic board, board, cork board, board, large sheet of cardboard… whatever you want!
- Close your eyes and visualize your projects, your desires, your objectives and your deep aspirations.
- List the most meaningful ones for you and associate positive images, sensations or emotions for each item.
- Think about ways to achieve your goals and make your dreams come true.
- Look for images, words, cards, memories that express these plans and goals in your mind. You can consult Pinterest which is a wonderful source of visual inspiration.
- Print the pictures you find or cut them out of magazines, then write (or print) the words and inspirational quotes you want to include.
- Finally, make your collage by gluing, taping, using thumbtacks. If your Vision board is a little patched up, “old school” style, it will be all the more personal.
Note: firstly, you can also do it online on Canva, which has a dedicated section to create your Vision board.
There you go, it’s not more complicated than that. Then all you have to do is find the most strategic space to display your masterpiece! For it to inspire you and be truly useful to you, you must see your Vision board every day when you get up, when you eat, when you work…
Obviously, this magnificent composition is not fixed. It will evolve over time, according to the different phases of your life. As such, a cork board is always a good choice because it allows you to update it regularly with new images and inspiring quotes.
