Vision Boards - Practical Approach

There are several ways to approach vision boards. There is the intention manifestation approach, by which you believe that intensely intending something will bring it forth in your life. There is much evidence for this point of view. Another approach is more practical, if you intensely want something you will work hard to achieve it. Whichever is your view point, vision boards are a great way to visualize your future success.

My experience with vision boards has been good so far. When I was vigorously studying for a standardized test I stapled my intended grades directly onto my vision board with the date of the test. A couple of months later I had achieved the grades that I had desired. The vision board served as a daily reminder of what I wanted to accomplish. The daily reminder allowed me to focus and stay motivated which in turn allowed me to enjoy the studying. I had already envisioned the great feeling that I would get when I would achieve my goal and had a clear image of the bad feelings I would like to avoid. The same exact method has proven itself useful to me recently with exercise and diet as well.

Making a vision board is really a fun exercise. It allows you to be a little artistic and use your imagination. A good vision board will be an extension of you and reflect what your personal goals and dreams are. Get yourself a cork board (at Amazon, Staples, OfficeMax). Make sure the pictures you put there are very vivid and arouse emotion in you because they are exactly what you want. I sat down in Barnes and Noble one afternoon and went through many magazines picking and choosing images that were congruent with my goals. After you pick out your images, you want to cut them to size and write on them. You write an affirmation and a date right on top of the picture. “I will have a $12,000 Kia Rio by ____ date.”

A key to vision boards is to make them realistic. You wouldn’t put a car on your vision board that is $200,000 out of your price range and date it for 6 months. What this does is make a mockery of your vision board and makes you not believe in it. It is always good to have ambitious goals and its okay to put the Bentley on your vision board, but make the due date for a time when you can realistically see yourself in it.

What type of things should you include on the vision board? This depends on your personal goals. Big categories are finance/work, physical, family, social, religion/spiritual, toys/adventures. Put up bank statements with the numbers you want for the date you want, put up pictures of cars, rock hard abs, a baby, anything you like. I find the vision board to be a good place to put a one month daily checklist of things I intend to get done as a daily routine (workout, read, run, etc.)

Options on where to hang up your vision board include: In your closet out of sight (is not a good option at all). Next to your bed is excellent for morning and night. In the morning it will give you that jolt of purpose that will keep you motivated through out the day. At night it will let your subconscious sort out the information as you dream about your soon to be acquired goals. Another excellent place to keep the vision board is at your work area where you will have a constant reminder of what you are working hard to achieve.

Once again, have fun with the vision board and be as creative as you want. Make your vision board an ambitious and realistic look at your goals and desires and think carefully about what you want, because you will get it.

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cjboertjens

cjboertjens said on January 29th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

Hi Alex,

What a great article! Creating a Vision Board really helps putting the Law of Attraction to work for you.

Thanks,

Cornelis
bill perry

bill perry said on March 23rd, 2007 at 9:41 pm

Great Job, Alex!

One thing I want to mention is that while it IS important to keep your goals to a level where you can see yourself achieving them, it is just as important to expand your own vision of what is possible. Do that neough, and it may just be possible to get that Bentley in 6 months.
Ralph

Ralph said on April 17th, 2007 at 6:37 pm

Fantastic article. This is a very descriptive step by step guide to creating your own future as you like it through the vehicle of the vision board.

Thanks
Tegan

Tegan said on May 9th, 2007 at 11:06 am

My vision board experience has been fantastic. Ever since I read the free report by Bob Proctor I’ve been getting so much success with my daily routine of focusing on my vision board. The results have been mind blowing. Pick a copy of your own free report here. You won’t be disappointed:
http://www.creatingavisionboard.com/bobreport.pdf
Vasileios

Vasileios said on May 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 am

Cool…
Goal Setting College

Goal Setting College said on July 6th, 2007 at 8:41 am

Hey Alex, 2 months ago, I went about my own Vision Board experiment and have been receiving rather interesting progress…

I wouldn’t say it’s accountable for all the changes but it has definitely made a difference…

Cheers, Ellesse
melissa

melissa said on December 1st, 2007 at 11:51 pm

please put me on your email thanks
Rachel

Rachel said on December 8th, 2007 at 3:47 am

Great comments. I’ve been using a vision board for a while now, and the first thing I manifested was a house. I had the picture clearly in view on the mantlepiece, and imagined myself in the house each day. Within 2 months we had the keys.

I recently discovered a great website that takes vision boards to a new level - a computer vision board. Images and power statements move around the screen. You can use your own photos if you wish. It’s very powerful and a great gift.

Check it out, it’s fun (and inexpensive) http://www.visionyourgoals.com

(Great holiday gift too!)
Eric

Eric said on August 24th, 2008 at 8:59 am

Hi Alex,

I have found the coolest and most effective tool to help with the visualization process - a great vision board software called Mind Movies Creator.

It was created by Ryan Higgins to help others visualize and manifest the life of their dreams. See a video and find out why here http://www.squidoo.com/vision-board-software

A Mind Movie allows you to create a vision of what you want, together with your Favorite song… the one that makes you feel good, the one that makes you want to dance, the one that makes you smile and sing along.

It’s like a 3 minute slide show/movie of your perfect life.

I’m trying it out now.

I’m having fun making my own vision board/mind movie.

And because it’s a software, no need to cut up magazines!

Thanks for you blog.

Eric