“Build a vision board” they all said. “Make sure you know where you’re going and remind yourself of it everyday” they said. “How can you know where to go if you don’t know what you want” they said. So I listened, bought a pin board and filled it with all my dreams and aspirations.
I believe the intent of the vision board is to serve as a daily visual reminder of what you hope to achieve in any or all aspects of your life. That what we focus on we will achieve. That you will find motivation when you stay connected to your goals. A few years ago I found a pin board and quickly filled it up with all the things I longed to achieve. Since then, I’ve made a lot of internal and external changes in my life. I’ve removed so many blocks and grown as a person that so many of the things that were once important to me, no longer are. So I took everything down and the pin board had been sitting there empty for months.
I’m a huge believer in consciously creating your life. I’m also a believer in the power of visualization. In knowing what you want out of life and staying on track towards that goal. But something kept me from putting any of those goals on my vision board. I would get this pit in my stomach and feel the resistance to rebuilding it. Do vision boards work for some people? I’m sure they do. But somewhere inside me, the idea of doing it again wasn’t sitting right with me. Every day I get better at listening when that happens. For me, there can be a sense of lack that comes from that daily reminder. A sense that my life today isn’t good enough. That maybe when I achieve these things, then I’ll be happy, then my life will be complete. I love the idea of a vision board but in reality, it’s not a good option for me, at least not for today. Tomorrow, I may feel different.
I believe that in order to consciously manifest anything we want in life, we have to appreciate and be grateful for everything that we have in our lives at this very moment. When we are experiencing lack, we attract more lack. I have more clarity for what I want out of life today than I ever before. But I now know that in order to get there, I have to be here, in the present. I have to do what it takes today to get to where I want tomorrow. I also know that if it doesn’t happen, there’s a reason. I don’t get attached to the outcome. I know at my core without a shadow of a doubt that if it doesn’t happen, something better will come along. When I find myself obsessing over the goal, I know I’m living in the future, not the present and I’m making it about the destination, not the journey. I have made a choice to live in the present moment daily. That’s how I knew that the vision board was no longer a good option for me (and probably never was).
So back to this blank pin board that’s been vacant in my office for months. A friend recently gave me a handful of The Magnolia Journal magazines. I felt called to all the beautiful quotes, images and phrases. As I gazed at the pile today, I finally knew what to do with this empty pin board. I filled it with things that inspire me. Things that remind me of all I have to be grateful for in this moment. They remind me that its about the journey. When I look at it, I know I am exactly where I want to be and that I am enough. I love that it is dynamic and will grow, evolve and change. This use is so much more in alignment with who I am and where I am going. It goes completely against the grain of what the experts tell me it’s what I should do. That’s the point. Because all that matters is that it’s in alignment with the person I am in this very moment.
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