Five Ways To Clarify Your Vision Before Creating A Vision Board

The new year brings in new ideas and a fresh start. Many people have vision board parties to focus on the goals and visions they intend to complete for the year. However, getting the vision together beforehand is the most important element of it all.

If you need a little assistance on how to jumpstart your pre-vision board list, Her Agenda has gathered five ways to prepare.

Starting out knowing exactly what your vision is will benefit you later. If there is clarity in each vision, you are more likely to accomplish that goal. Write out each goal with purpose behind it. What is your “why”? Why are you passionate about this vision? How far are you willing to go to see this come to fruition? Everything can’t make the vision board, focus on what matters the most.

According to Psychology Today, visualization is a cognitive tool accessing imagination to realize all aspects of an object, action, or outcome. This may include recreating a mental sensory experience of sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch.

According to Verywell Mind, self-reflection is important because it helps you form a self-concept and contributes to self-development. It helps us break away from the daily grind so we can slow down, process our experiences, and make sense of what we are feeling.

Brainstorming your vision is an essential element to executing your goals and seeing them through. Writing out the steps it’ll take to get where you need to be, journaling, creating a map, and understanding what it will take to get there will help you physically portray that on your vision board. Think of everything you want out of the new year and add it to your vision board.

If you don’t know where to start, ask a friend. You can also look online for inspiration. Your vision board can be whatever you want it to be, because it’s yours. Some people make digital vision boards that they use as screen savers or wallpapers so they see it every time they use their phone. This is a convenient option if you don’t want a physical vision board.

Your vision board should only have what you truly intend to strive towards in the new year. Putting meaningless things on your vision board won’t serve you or your purpose. Be proactive and list the main goals and objectives and intentionally place those things on your vision board. The power of intentionality surpasses desire; when you’re intentional, you’re deliberate and diligent.

Prepare for your vision board by thinking of what colors you want to use. What pictures do you want? Do you want to include quotes? Take out magazines, print pictures from online, buy stickers and let your creativity shine through. Let your board reflect you and represent your intentions.