How to Make a Vision Board

Hi there!

I'm pretty sure you've heard of the term "vision board" before. It's literally a board where you display photos of goals and dreams for your life. By looking at your vision board every day, you are able to focus on what's important to you and bring them to life. 

I do save pins on my Pinterest but I never made a vision board until last year. 

To make a vision board, we'll need old magazines that we are willing to tear and cut-up. 

Flip through the pages and cut out words, phrases, and images that you connect with. Some of mine include: Home, Let's Make Your Dream a Reality, and Etch Your Legacy on the Hearts of Others.   

I also chose an image to anchor my vision board. I was looking for a confident woman and I found her. 

Yes, she has no clothes on. Through her nakedness, flaws, and failures, she exudes confidence. She's standing on her tippy toes, pointing to the direction where she wants to go, and pulling something from behind. I don't think it's baggage, but maybe everyone and everything that depend on her? She won't let anyone or anything stop her from reaching her dreams...TADA!

I experimented with the layout and when I was ready to commit, I used a glue stick to glue my images and phrases to a piece of sturdy cardboard. 

I also added the year at the top to remind me of when I made it for. 

While some of the items here are still a work in progress, what's important is not just to look at the vision board daily, but also to make very concrete steps to bring them to life.  

I think it's time to make another vision board for 2025.

And that is how I turned some magazine pages and cardboard from blah to TADA!

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Three Thoughts for January

Welcome 2025!

I'm grateful for another New Year, a blank slate to try and make a difference in the world. Here are three thoughts as we begin again:

1. A Tradition I Keep Every New Year's Eve

I grew up in the Philippines and every New Year's Eve, we always assembled a fruit bowl of at least 12 round fruits. They symbolize abundance and wholeness and aren't these the things we wish for the New year to be? 

Now that I live in the U.S., I keep the tradition and I have enough fruit to start the year with healthy eating...TADA!

How about you, what are some of your New Year's Eve traditions? 

2. A New Journal 

As I've mentioned in previous blog posts, I use a Bullet Journal for productivity, list making, and recording memories. 

This year, I have a new one:

It's a logbook of the books I've read...TADA! It's a Muji Notebook and the cover is made of scrapbook paper and an embroidery stencil kit. 

I write the year on top of the page and make a list of titles and authors. Of course, I could gild the lily by rating the books using stamps like this one and this one. 

It encourages me to track the books I've read and include reading in my daily schedule...TADA!

3. A Prayer to Start the Year 

Whether or not you practice your faith, here is a blessing that I'd like to share:

 

May we be steadfast during the ups and downs that this year will bring and may our positive attitude turn our blahs to TADAs!

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