BlogHer - vision boards - Comments

Thanks for the mention

mlessirard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:22:26 -0600

Thanks for the mention, your article has great information about all the different aspects of visioning. I started creating visionboards back in 1996, and well within two years 99% of the images manifested, but at the same time I also listed every singlle fear I had. The list was soo long, but it created a wonderful dialog I could dance with. I love this stuff.

Warmly

Michele Lessirard

Exploring the mystery found in bits of paper and glue through the New Moon SoulCollage process online at http://www.newmoonjournal.com

It was very grounding for me!

earthsaver — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:29:11 -0600

Debra,

loved your post and had actually blogged about my experience of doing my vision board and how it's impacting the first weeks this year. It's given me a great starting point for what i want to create in my life this year, and where I want to be a year from now. It was really cathartic and grounding to listen to that little voice saying...hey...nudge nudge...."peace, quiet, exercise, deeper relationships, more sex would be great" instead of trying to manage my life out of my expectations or other peoples expectations of myself...ugh!

Anyways- anyone can view it at http://earthsavers.typepad.com/the_earth_savers_blog/2009/01/creating-a-vision-for-2009-.html

and i would welcome comments and suggestions.

Thanks again for a great post.

Monica Rodgers

http://www.earthsavers.typapd.com

Monica Rodgers Founder Little Bits

www.littlebits.com or www.earthsavers.typepad.com

Like a guilty pleasure..

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:36:07 -0600

Zandria,

I think it's a guilty little pleasure peeking into what people will share online. The vision boards - and the pictures of women with TONS of magazines - all make the experience much more real.

And yes, it's fun to see what other people come up with. Bet it would help with a vision board or someone's 100 things list.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

Love the private nature.

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:32:12 -0600

Christine,

While I like the imaging the future concept a whole lot, I love your point about the private nature of these things. Clues that mean something only to you. It lets you own your own dreams and, yes, offers a way for others to see into your soul.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

You're Welcom

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:27:43 -0600

Kathy,

You're Welcome.

I have a small brag-tag board in my crafting room. It has IDs from conferences, the chip from I walked Bay to Breakers, and other small tokens of successes. When I need to remind myself that I've accomplished something, I wander there and feel better.

But I think that reminding myself of what I want to still achieve is what will keep me getting up in the morning and eager to get on with day. (hmm. another reason for
posting my board in the bedroom!)

Please let us know when you've done yours.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

It's interesting to look

Zandria — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:26:32 -0600

It's interesting to look through all those matches for "vision board" on Flickr that you linked to. I like seeing what other people come up with. :)

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Ah, where to place it?

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:23:45 -0600

I work a lot on the kitchen table, but really don't want my vision board hanging on the wall there. Where to put it that I will see it every day and it will act as an inspiration?

I'm thinking in my bedroom, on the piece of wall that is the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see as I turn off the light.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

You may have hit on something, Virginia.

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:21:17 -0600

she focused her dreams and took steps to make them real.

While it's all well and good to envision one's dreams, taking the next step is the only way to make them real. I wonder if visions boards help people decide what the next step should be? And what if someone never learns to take the vision beyond the "dream" stage?

Debra
A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Envisioning the future not a new thing

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:17:06 -0600

Amanda,

I believe that envisioning the future is not a new thing; it's been part of coaching and other practices for years. Often-like the case of your therapist- we develop an image that seems completely foreign. Yet, when the reality manifests itself, we find that foreign image was truly a prediction of the future.

Likewise, collaging with magazine photos and text is not new.

The vision boards, which combine the two, might only be "new" as a concept because of the combination. Rather than holding a mental image, one can see a semblance of their future dream complete.
Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

Thanks, Rochelle, for your

debra roby — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:52 -0600

Thanks, Rochelle, for your kind words and for posting your boards.

It's great to know find people for whom the process has been working! Makes me even more excited to get started on my own.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Weight for Deb

Very good ideas...I will

iamsucceeding — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:26:02 -0600

Very good ideas...I will work on this this week.

My journey...

Iamsucceeding.com

Convert

Giyen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:46:51 -0600

I used to be a total skeptic when it came to visualization, but nowadays I think every little bit helps. I actually made a digital vision board you can see here but I've decided to make a real paper one as well as a rainy day project.

Maybe I'll ask my daughter if she wants to do it with me. : )

Giyen

Bacon Is My Enemy

Great Post

Coach Jenn — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:21:18 -0600

Ah, SMART goals. I remember those so well from my corporate life. Still a good approach, of course. Consider making sub-goals to help you achieve a larger over-arching goal for the year. This helps each step to feel less overwhelming.

Coach Jenn

My Goal is to Help YOU Reach YOURS!

http://personalfitcoach.blogspot.com

Looks like fun

mochadad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:56:45 -0600

This looks like fun. I will try it with the kids.

Mocha Dad

www.mochadad.com

Taking responsibility can be unsettling

Wilma Ham — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:09:15 -0600

Removing yourself from living a life in the drift is not that easy and new year's resolutions can show how emotional and hard that can be.

I understand your love/hate relationship with intenion, I suffered from that too, as I got to see how much we get lived and how little we actually make things happen.

However it takes courage to take responsibility for your life.
Even dreaming might have become a thing we might have lost.

New year's resolutions in the past made me aware of how little I actually took responsibility for my life and for me to be confronted with a whole year of possibilities was quite daunting.

A vision board is a great and playful to start to overcome that fear of what to wish for and how big you want to play.
And then the beauty is they will do their magic independent from us, as Victoria said too.

Up to a wonderful intended 2009 is all I can say.

Wilma Ham