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How to Make a Vision Board
February 1st, 2007 by Christine Kane
One of my most popular past blog posts is Vision Boards: A Quick Story. I wrote it months before the DVD The Secret was released. Then John Assaraf’s story of manifesting his giant mansion by using vision boards (in The Secret) popularized the concept. Many of us, however, have been doing them for years. (I’ve been using them at my women’s retreats for about 5 years now.) And the value of a vision board goes way beyond just mansions and gold watches!
What is a Vision Board?
A vision board (also called a Treasure Map or a Visual Explorer or Creativity Collage) is typically a poster board on which you paste or collage images that you’ve torn out from various magazines. It’s simple.
The idea behind this is that when you surround yourself with images of who you want to become, what you want to have, where you want to live, or where you want to vacation, your life changes to match those images and those desires.
For instance, before I ever started performing music and I had no idea how I’d ever get a gig, write enough songs, or assemble a press kit, I drew a picture of myself in a bar with people watching me perform (I’m a terrible visual artist, so I actually had to label the people “people!”). And though it wasn’t the only factor in making it happen, I had a calendar full of bar and coffeehouse gigs by the next year.
My drawing was a kind of a vision board. Vision boards do the same thing as my drawing did. They add clarity to your desires, and feeling to your visions. For instance, at the time I did my drawing, I knew I wanted to play in bars and coffeehouses. (I have since left the that circuit, and I’m performing in theatres and at conferences. But in my early twenties, I wanted to play in bars and coffeehouses. I was pretty clear about that!) Taking the time to draw it out, even poorly, made it indelible in my mind.
There are several methods you can use for creating your vision board. I’ve written about each one below. You can choose which one works best for you, depending on where you find yourself on this path of creating your life.
Supplies you’ll need for creating a Vision Board:
- Poster board. (Target sells a really nice matte finish board. I highly recommend it.)
- A big stack of different magazines. (You can get them at libraries, hair salons, dentist offices, the YMCA.) Make sure you find lots of different types. If you limit your options, you’ll lose interest after a while. When I facilitate my women’s retreats, I always make sure we have plenty of Oprah, Real Simple, Natural Home, Yoga Journal, Dwell, Ode, Parenting, Money, Utne, and an assortment of nature magazines.
- Glue. Not Elmers. (It makes the pages ripple.) I like using Yes! Glue
Before you begin your vision board:
No matter which method you’re choosing, have a little ritual before you begin your vision board. Sit quietly and set the intent. With lots of kindness and openness, ask yourself what it is you want. Maybe one word will be the answer. Maybe images will come into your head. Just take a moment to be with that. This process makes it a deeper experience. It gives a chance for your ego to step aside just a little, so that you can more clearly create your vision.
Put on soft music. My favorite music for activities like this is Anugama Shamanic Dream I
The Five Steps of Creating a Vision Board:
Step 1: Go through your magazines and tear the images from them. No gluing yet! Just let yourself have lots of fun looking through magazines and pulling out pictures or words or headlines that strike your fancy. Have fun with it. Make a big pile of images and phrases and words.
Step 2: Go through the images and begin to lay your favorites on the board. Eliminate any images that no longer feel right. This step is where your intuition comes in. As you lay the pictures on the board, you’ll get a sense how the board should be laid out. For instance, you might assign a theme to each corner of the board. Health, Job, Spirituality, Relationships, for instance. Or it may just be that the images want to go all over the place. Or you might want to fold the board into a book that tells a story. At my retreats, I’ve seen women come up with wildly creative ways to present a vision board.
Step 3: Glue everything onto the board. Add writing if you want. You can paint on it, or write words with markers.
Step 4: (optional, but powerful) Leave space in the very center of the vision board for a fantastic photo of yourself where you look radiant and happy. Paste yourself in the center of your board.
Step 5: Hang your vision board in a place where you will see it often.
Three Types of Vision Boards:
1 - The “I Know Exactly What I Want” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- You’re very clear about your desires.
- You want to change your environment or surroundings.
- There is a specific thing you want to manifest in your life. (i.e. a new home, or starting a business.)
How to create this vision board:
With your clear desire in mind, set out looking for the exact pictures which portray your vision. If you want a house by the water, then get out the Dwell magazine and start there. If you want to start your own business, find images that capture that idea for you. If you want to learn guitar, then find that picture. I remember at the last retreat, one woman yelled out, “If anyone finds a picture of a little girl with red hair who looks happy, give it to me!” And someone else yelled out, “I’m looking for a Cadillac!” Pretty soon, a lively trading session began. Following the five steps above, create your vision board out of these images.
2 - The “Opening and Allowing” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- You’re not sure what exactly you want
- You’ve been in a period of depression or grief
- You have a vision of what you want, but are uncertain about it in some way.
- You know you want change but don’t know how it’s possible.
How to create this vision board:
Go through each magazine. Tear out images that delight you. Don’t ask why. Just keep going through the magazines. If it’s a picture of a teddy bear that makes you smile, then pull it out. If it’s a cottage in a misty countryside, then rip it out. Just have fun and be open to whatever calls to you. Then, as you go through Step 2 above, hold that same openness, but ask yourself what this picture might mean. What is it telling you about you? Does it mean you need to take more naps? Does it mean you want to get a dog, or stop hanging out with a particular person who drains you? Most likely you’ll know the answer. If you don’t, but you still love the image, then put it on your vision board anyway. It will have an answer for you soon enough. Some women at my retreats had NO idea what their board was about, and it wasn’t until two months later that they understood. The Opening and Allowing Vision Board can be a powerful guide for you. I like it better than the first model because sometimes our egos think they know what we want, and lots of times those desires aren’t in alignment with who we really are. This goes deeper than just getting what you want. It can speak to you and teach you a little bit about yourself and your passion.
3 - The “Theme” Vision Board
Do this vision board if:
- It’s your birthday or New Years Eve or some significant event that starts a new cycle.
- If you are working with one particular area of your life. For instance, Work & Career.
How to create this vision board:
The only difference between this vision board and the others is that this one has clear parameters and intent. Before you begin the vision board, take a moment to hold the intent and the theme in mind. When you choose pictures, they will be in alignment with the theme. You can do the Theme Vision Board on smaller pages, like a page in your journal.
Some things to remember about vision boards:
- You can use a combination of all three types of vision boards as you create. Sometimes you might start out doing one kind, and then your intuition takes over and shifts into a whole different mode. That’s called creativity. Just roll with it.
- Your vision board might change as you are making it. I was just talking with a friend of mine who said that she had been making a vision board for the new year. The theme was all about what she wanted in this year. Then, as she pulled pictures and began to lay them out, the theme changed into a simpler one about her everyday life and the moments in each day. It surprised and delighted her to experience that evolution. You might find that you have little epiphanies from making a vision board.
Make a Vision Journal
Another option is to use these same principles in a big sketch book. Get a large sketch book and keep an on-going vision journal. This is especially effective if you’re going through many transitions in your life.
I welcome anyone who has created a vision board to write your own experience in the comments…
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February 1st, 2007 12:53 am
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February 1st, 2007 2:28 am
Thanks for the clarity and ideas!! And actually, the first time I came across your blog was when I had googled ‘vision boards’, so this is really useful. This might be a little bold, but what’s your take on The Secret and its’ messages? I have the CD version now and it’s quite different from the DVD but sends the same message. However, Debbie Ford sent out an e-newsletter recently called ‘The Wretched Truth’ in which she basically says that it’s not that easy;
“…if they just hold the right thought, visualize well enough, and meditate long enough, they’ll be able to bypass the whole human experience. For most people, this is not the case.”
That really resonated with the skeptic in me. I’d just be curious to hear other thoughts on this. I still love vision boards! And I am trying damn hard to manifest a way that I can make it to your retreat!
February 1st, 2007 6:06 am
Hi YogaJenn, Wow. That’s so funny that you brought that up. I, too, am on Debbie Ford’s email list, and I actually deleted that email because I thought she totally missed the point. And besides, I also thought she opted to use an overly dramatic approach by calling it “The Wretched Truth.” It’s not Wretched. It’s just that we’ve all got our stuff to deal with. I believe that The Secret, just like many teachings, is a great message. It’s what Louise Hay has been saying all along. I do, however, also believe that being present and peaceful is the ultimate place of attraction. And that we don’t even have to work at it from that place. AND, after having gone through eating disorders and all kinds of health issues around that, I know that we all are at different levels of healing, and that body work, yoga, eating choices dramatically effect where we are. Maybe the Law of Attraction is always at work, but some people would do better just to focus on their healing, and not on “what am I attracting now?” Cuz that will only make them feel worse. Does that help?
February 1st, 2007 6:14 am
Hey Christine….I discovered your blog from Steve Pavlina’s last week and have since gone through and read every post of yours and printed off pretty much all of them for future reference. I love Steve’s blog and the amount of great info it gives but he is definitely in the much more logical/rational mould and I have come to love your blog. Much more intuitive and compassionate (and yes, I am a guy!).
The funny thing is that I am a practicising Celtic pagan in Britain and today is the start of the festival of Imbolc which is traditionally when the “goddess” returns from the underworld, light returns to the world and seeds start to flourish. Thus it is a very good time to put in intentions into the world that you wish to grow. I had contemplated doing some kind of vision board but wasn’t sure quite what to do as I have got caught up in the different purposes that you can use them for. I woke up this morning, fired up the laptop and saw there was an article on here through RSS….I click on it and find “How to Make a Vision Board”….thank you Christine, thank you universe. I guess that is a synchronicity!
I am off to cut up some magazines now!
February 1st, 2007 7:37 am
Hi Krispy, Thanks for your kind words and thoughts. And good luck with the vision board! I love the idea of the light returning to the world and seeds flourishing. What a beautiful festival. Wrap yourself up in it and have fun being creative with your intent!
February 1st, 2007 8:21 am
I’m not quite sure but I think that last night I dreamed about my last vision board - the one that started out very, very green at the last retreat. So cool that you wrote about them today. If anyone is interested you can read about my first one at http://thewayiseeitmka.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-first-vision-board.html
The most exciting news - it just started snowing at my house - BIG flakes and it’s my day off so I get to play in it.
February 1st, 2007 8:22 am
I learned about Treasure Mapping about four years ago at the boards at Mothering.com. My friend Tracy who introduced me/us to the concept learned about them from her old favorite astrologer, who said the best time for manifesting was with the Aries New Moon. (This year’s will be April 17 at 7:35 a.m. EDT, so, for maximum support of the universe, you wouldn’t want to start it before that morning and would have about three or four days to complete it. Apparently there’s always a big shift in energy with the Aries New Moon. In the meantime, since it’s always hard to wait to begin, she encourages that you declutter your home and fix or remove broken items.)
At MDC, there are always ongoing threads about Treasure Maps and what results people see, and the stories are amazing! We’ve also got several threads related to The Secret and the Law of Attraction, as well as threads on manifesting.
I’m not sure that new visitors can read or post to the threads on the MDC Spirituality board, but here’s a link to the thread for 2006 Treasure Maps: http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=417909 –that’s LAST year’s, which is why it said March 29, but as you near the end of the pages, you can read lots of stories of how things manifested from the boards, sometimes in surprising ways.
And thank you, Christine, for all of your supportive posts. I’m hoping for an opportunity to meet you and hear you perform in person … maybe I’ll put you onto my Treasure Map this year!
February 1st, 2007 8:35 am
So there’s something screwy with my blog this morning - if you get an error message please try again - the error is happening like every third try. SORRY!
February 1st, 2007 8:41 am
MK, I’m so jealous! We were supposed to have tons of snow starting at 4am. And I, like the little kid I’ll always be, jumped up at about 5am all excited. And still there’s nothing. I need to make a snow vision board! Have fun in it…
Hi Luci, Thanks for all of that information and links. I love the idea of Treasure Maps even more than Vision Boards! What a great network of people on the Mothering.com site. And I’d be honored to be on your Treasure Map this year!
MK, Are you flusterated?
February 1st, 2007 9:35 am
I made a vision board a couple of years ago with a picture of about 50 djembes — I facilitate drum circles, and didn’t own enough drums of my own. Fast forward a couple of months, and I could hardly walk in my living room because of all the drums… ALL of them, except for my 2 original ones, on LOAN from different people! Long-term loans from people who had drums but didn’t play them, and didn’t want to let them go entirely. And all of them offered by various people at various times without my ever asking.
So this summer, I made another board with a picture of lots of djembes and other drum-circle kinda instruments — with the words “drums that I own” underneath! Shortly after that, one of the places that let me use their drums when I wasn’t facilitating circles with them asked for all of their drums back. (new management, etc.) Even though it really lessened the number of instruments available, I felt really happy — I know losing those drums is part of the path of me getting more drums of my own! You never know how the manifestation is gonna look, so just enjoy the ride! I came to a place of peace and acceptance with the fact that if someone needs to share an instrument at a circle, they can — and hands and feet can always make a rhythm.
Thanks for the suggestion of making a board when you’re not sure what you want — I had a very limited view of vision boards (short vision board vision), and thought they were only for when you for sure know what you want. Opening and Allowing… aaaahhhhh….
Some really wonderful CDs can be found at http://www.soundings.com/
~peace ~
February 1st, 2007 9:58 am
years ago I made my vision”board” on a page of newspaper: pottery, travel to the SW, garden images..pretty much all I remember. I now sculpt full time, have been out to see the Redwoods, Sequoias, Petrified Forest and Saguarros, and have sculpture all over my yard. I’ve always called it “calling.” I think that putting anything down visually takes abstract and makes it concrete and that very action is creation. My son was raised with this idea of calling and, when he can get out of his own way, can manifest just about anything (which I am sure is a lesson - getting out of your own way). I learned about this through manifesting my now husband (who hates it when I say this, but it’s true…he came immediately after 2 years of work on: what I want), my first pug and 2 paraketts. I figure if I can manifest these, I can get anywhere - and/but, it’s something I regularly forget.
February 1st, 2007 5:38 pm
[...] Being a very visual person, I love imagery and dreaming about the future. In Color Me Pink, I touched on that subject a little, suggesting that if you want to achieve your wildest aspirations that you must first start to picture them in your head. Today, I read Christine Kane’s blog “How to Make A Vision Board” and it I think it is a perfect addition to this topic. Christine walks us through how to design and assemble a Vision Board (also called a Treasure Map or a Visual Explorer or Creativity Collage) which will serve as inspiration and motivation to create a new reality. Fantastic idea, Christine. Thanks for sharing! [...]
February 1st, 2007 8:36 pm
Hey Christine, I just reread this entry and noticed what you had put about music that you like to have on when you do this kind of exercise. Shamanic Dream 1&2 by Anugama. Love them! Bought them both about 6 years ago when I first moved to San Francisco from London and they have been constant companions ever since. I do a lot of shamanic type practices and they are just perfect…so I got a huge smile on my face when I read that!
February 1st, 2007 10:49 pm
I thought her headline was pretty melodramatic too - the wretched truth. Then, a few sentences in, I felt that nudge that I feel when someone is trying to sell me or convince me of whatever it is they are selling based on fear or something like fear. Essentially, if I don’t use her program/CD/workshop and face my shadow to deal with my stuff, the ideas in The Secret are useless to me. So in order for The Secret’s teachings to work for me, I need to purchase HER program.
I mean that kind of marketing sure works though!! God knows I’ve fallen for it many times. Since The Secret has taken off, the sheer amount of information, teachers and programs based around all of these ideas is phenomenal. I can only imagine the frenzy once Oprah airs her segment that she just taped with Rhonda Byrne, Jack Canfield, James Ray, Lisa Nichols, and others.
In some ways, it could seem like forward movement, growth, an evolution of sorts, that our society is embracing these ideas. But the sneaky thought that it is just too good to be true lingers on in the back of my brain. And of course, I freak out about this lingering thought since it sabotages all my efforts to use The Secret.
Wow, I am all over the place. I think all my resistance stems from growing up where everyone believed that life is hard, life is a constant struggle and you will work for 40 years, hate every day of it, and end up broke and tired. BUT if you do not buy into this, you are lazy and worthless. Uh oh, teehee…I just had a great realization and breakthrough while blogging! I feel a little exposed now…:)
February 2nd, 2007 4:28 am
Hi Christine!
I made a bright pink vision board three months ago. I put pictures and intentions on it, also Bank receipt in which I add a few zeros on the ‘current state’ number.
Many of the things I’ve put in the part with ’stuff’ have manifested quickly, some of them even climbed down and under my Christmas tree. I’m putting a ‘check’ sign on them as they manifest, but few of them had to come off cuz I needed more space. Some of the things I don’t even want anymore (or want better!), so I change pictures.
I have a question for you and your readers: do you often ‘refresh’ your vision boards, or you stick with one until it matches with the reality?
February 2nd, 2007 7:22 am
Hi Caren! Thanks for sharing your own experiences with these. Excellent thoughts…
Tammy, well, I’m so glad for your husband that he was listed before the pug and the birds!
I’ll bet you, being the amazing artist that you are (everyone go visit tammy’s blog. her work is gorgeous!) that your vision boards are something to see. Thanks for sharing all of that. I, too, love the idea of “calling.”
Krispy, I had a funny moment when I met my dear friend Grace, who is a massage therapist. We were talking about music that we liked for massages. And I mentioned Anugama, and she said, “I met Anugama’s wife!” And I yelled, “No WAY!” And she told me the story. It was like a new age/rock star moment of teen-aged squealing. It cracked us both up. Yes, those CD’s have been so healing for me.
Hi YogaJenn, Of course there will be frenzy around the Secret stuff. AND the bottom line is that it is about persistence and healing and being present to your own stuff. My guage for ANY of the information that’s out there is “how does this make me feel?” And it sounds like the DF newsletter hooked you into something you don’t want to experience. The power is in just letting it go without obsessing about it. Kind of a “hmmm. I don’t want to go there.” and hit delete!
Hi djuro, I actually like to re-do the boards. Then again, I find ANYTHING creative to be healing, so it’s just a great activity. But if you’re pressed for time, then by all means, just cover stuff up and keep the one board going! make it kind of an experiment, and let everyone know how it goes!
February 2nd, 2007 10:23 am
Dear Christine,
Just wanted to stop by and say Hi - I found your blog via “Google Alerts” and consider it fate - as I too have been using Vision Boards for years - I love how you lay it out step by step - and in fact, I am going to put your blog in my favorites and a link to your post on Vision Boards in my commentary tomorrow.
Wishing you much success in all your endeavors… and then some.
Keep up the great work!
Heidi Richards, Founder & CEO - The WECAI Network™
“Helping Women do Business on and off the WEB.”
February 2nd, 2007 2:51 pm
Wow, I’m having a case of synchronicity overload! Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about Vision Boards, the Law of Attraction, The Secret and other like issues but they are all abound in this one post…think the Universe is trying to tell me something?
I am really looking forward to this weekend. I have some time to rest and have some “me” time that will be filled with a blue sky and fresh snow-powder hike in the mountains. I’ve been wondering what to do for my “Artist’s Date” this week and synchronicity gave me the answer: vision boards. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I want to come in the next few months, years, etc. and a vision board will be fun and add a lot of clarity; and I just so happened to get a lot of free and wonderful magazines this week…coincidence?
I’m also planning on seeing The Secret for the first time this weekend. After hearing about this movie for a long time from a lot of friends and positive influences, my church is showing the movie this weekend and I’m pretty excited.
Yeap, the Law of Attraction is pretty strong here. Thanks once again for your amazing thoughts and sharing; thanks too, to all the other readers and commenters that made my day!
February 2nd, 2007 9:03 pm
HI heidi. Thanks for finding me! What a great thing you have done there with WECAI… congratulations!
susie… that synchronicity thing seems to be going around with this post. Have fun on your Artist Date this weekend, and let us know how the vision board turns out!
February 4th, 2007 9:01 am
[...] Vision boards are the visual equivalent of an affirmation. Many people use them to focus, and manifest their world. In How to Make a Vision Board, Christine Kane tells us three ways we can use them. [...]
February 4th, 2007 9:22 am
Christine,
Not much need to be jealous about the snow - we had no accumulation. Still had fun though. There are a couple of pics on my blog. (It’s working fine now so no flusteration.)
February 6th, 2007 7:52 pm
I have been doing vision boards at christine’s retreats and found that a retreat or two back, I came up with a board that is still relevant today as it was when I made it. I look at it every morning. need to get some glue, it is falling apart. It is really interesting how the pictures you choose and the final version really speak to you. I have a BIG neon colored butterfly in the center and the word transformation glued to it. the board represents and continues to move me towards becoming more at peace with myself and the world. I have my hobby section, my work section, pets etc. I have a cardinal with california glued on it and just last year I made a trip to klamath falls.( i am an addicted birder) and a surprise for me is that I am going to a place I never thought i’d see, the galapagos islands. I think the image of the bird and the idea of a trip to where I wanted to and want to go showed up on the board. any way, collect some magazines, get some glue, play quiet music and your board will come to life, barb
February 7th, 2007 11:11 am
When I read your post about vision boards I got very excited and *knew* I wanted to do one with my mom. I emailed her (I was at work and couldn’t call) your post and asked her if she’d like to do it with me. I generally find my mom manifests resistance in her life (she often says “It’s impossible,” or “I’ll do that when…”, etc.) and I thought the vision board might be a helpful tool for her. I *knew* it would be fun for me. So I got the boards and some glue and showed up at my mom’s house on Sunday. She has *hundreds* of beautiful magazines and we spent hours tearing out the pages. I tore out a lot of images of travel. I love to travel, but have only made one short trip to NYC since my son was born almost 2 years ago. I’ve been wanting to visit my friend who lives in Italy. My mom does not like that I love to travel (I think she likes me to stay close and “safe”.) and voiced a lot of unhappiness every time she saw that I was tearing out images of travel. I tried to address her concern with equanimity, but it wasn’t working. Finally I said, “Yes, I am attracted to these images of travel, but I don’t know if I am *attached* to them. Let’s see what happens when I put the images I’m most drawn to on the board.” That seemed to placate her. And lo and behold, the travel stuff *did not* end up on the board - family (adopting a daughter from Latin America), home (nice furnishings), quiet time for myself (meditation), and Oprah (!), did. Completing the vision board really helped me see that *I* really am choosing not to manifest travel in my life right now. And it helped me make a contact this week with a woman I met last December who adopted her two children from Colombia. And the whole board just makes me feel very happy when I look at it. Additionally, I created another board for the book I have been wanting to write for a long time and now it seems a whole lot closer, too. Interestingly, my mom didn’t get to finish her board, but said she worked on it the next day and hopes to have it finished by the end of the week. It will be very interesting to see what happens with that. Thank you, Christine, for providing this post and inspiring some very interesting and meaningful work.
February 10th, 2007 11:52 am
Re: Barbb
“I look at it every morning. need to get some glue, it is falling apart…”
I wonder if certain pictures start falling off, they are no longer necessary as part of your vision board and maybe new ones should replace them.
Also, re the April 17 date, is it necessary to wait until then or do you think I could start a vision board now?
February 11th, 2007 8:53 am
Hi BarbB… thanks for sharing all of that. What a great description of how it all works for you. (for those who need to know… barb has been at my retreats, and her boards are QUITE amazing, often done in 3-D, and are always filled with natural elements. They really breathe.)
Stacey, That’s so lovely. Thanks for sharing that process with us. It’s such a great thing when we are able to get clear about what we want, as opposed to what we THOUGHT we wanted!
Jill, thanks for keeping that conversation going! (sometimes people forget to check back to look at responses!) I didn’t read where barb had said anything about April 17? did i miss something?
February 11th, 2007 2:32 pm
Christine:
Thanks! And how very timely! I’ve just been reading about Vision Boards and was pondering how to put one together. Thanks for the practical advice, and keep blogging. Your articles are always well-written.
Scott
February 16th, 2007 2:46 pm
luci Says:
February 1st, 2007 at 8:22 am
I learned about Treasure Mapping about four years ago at the boards at Mothering.com. My friend Tracy who introduced me/us to the concept learned about them from her old favorite astrologer, who said the best time for manifesting was with the Aries New Moon. (This year’s will be April 17 at 7:35 a.m. EDT, so, for maximum support of the universe, you wouldn’t want to start it before that morning and would have about three or four days to complete it. Apparently there’s always a big shift in energy with the Aries New Moon. In the meantime, since it’s always hard to wait to begin, she encourages that you declutter your home and fix or remove broken items.)
February 16th, 2007 3:05 pm
Thanks Scott! I’m glad this helps!
Hey Jill… I appreciate that clarification. I was wondering about the whole april 17th thing. That might help some of my readers get clear on when to do one of these!
February 16th, 2007 6:14 pm
Hi Christine,
Thanks for your amazing article. I read your previous post about Vision Boards and left a reply to that. It is so great to see that more and more people are now taking one creating a Vision Board and visualizing what they want to achieve in life.
Imagine how the world would look like if everyone would focus on what they already have and want to create in life (abundance) instead of focusing on what they do not have (lack). As mentioned in the reply a few weeks ago, we work on making this happen with the Vision Board software we created.
Please have a look at our site and let me know what you think. We are attracting more and more amazing people like yourself who get behind this world changing product.
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February 17th, 2007 4:24 pm
Hi, Christine
Re Luci’s message, do we have to wait to April to start putting pics on our board? Or is that the time things will start manifesting? I don’t see why we would only be able to do this on a specific date once a year. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
February 18th, 2007 6:32 pm
Thank you, Christine! I just googled “vision board ideas” and came across your blog. You have some wonderful ideas and I love your writing style. Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas on this. I am new to the whole vision board thing and wanted some specifics.
Have a wonderful week,
Shannon
February 28th, 2007 9:29 pm
[...] I have created my first vision board. A vision board is a powerful and fun imagining tool for focusing on goals and possibilities. I hope to share this knowledge with others. [...]
March 1st, 2007 7:49 pm
This is an awesome! Thank you for taking the time to write this all out so clearly. I have linked back to you from my blogsite. Here are some thoughts I had while reading your post:
- Jack Canfield (chickensoup for the soul guy) talks all the time about having a vision journal (much like you mentioned) and each page is for a different area of his life ($, relationships, business, health, etc.)
- I have used glue sticks do glue the pictures on the board in the past. Then taken the poster board to the local copy store to have the entire thing laminated. One year my wife and I created a board together as we were visioning for our home. We put that vision board in a frame and hung it in our bedroom. By the way, we are approaching our 2 year anniversary of living here (in our new home). And you would acknowledge the miracles that occurred in the process if I had time to write the story here.
- I have also recommended to some people to do a written version of a Vision Board. I call it a “Living Vision” because it is bring the vision to live through writing. Some people who are more auditory then visual find it powerful to do this. A living vision is telling the story of the successful accomplishment of a goal in the present tense. “I am waking up in the morning in my amazing light filled home that I own. It feels so….” You get the idea.
Until we connect again, create an amazing day,
Doug Miller
March 1st, 2007 11:52 pm
Hi Cornelis, Thanks for letting readers know about your awesome site! And thanks for the thoughts…
Jill, I try not to pay TOO much attention to the perfect alignment of the stars etc. If I try to get too perfectionistic about it, then I just won’t do it! Start now!
Thanks Shannon! I hope you’ll stop back by. My site was down for a while due to hackers and servers and other things I don’t understand…
Hey Doug, thanks for all the great ideas and thoughts. I’d love to hear more about those miracles… maybe they’re written in your blog? I love the Living Vision thing because (obviously) I am auditory. And writing is a powerful tool for me. Too often artists write the sad stuff, the present circumstances, and they can drown in their own emotional take on things. I like the idea of turning that around!
March 5th, 2007 12:15 am
Christine, Hi.. I just discovered your website when I did a search for “vision board”. Yes, it was prompted by viewing “The Secret” this afternoon, although the concept of a vision board isn’t so new to me. Jill Badonsky, an incredibly talented author and artist, introduced me to the concept of a Dream Board.
I, along with two of my friends, made a dream board outlining dreams we wanted fulfilled in the near future. My friend, T, found herself manifesting her dreams of working closely with nature by being offered a job (with housing) across the country at an environmental camp for youth. Their eclectic home sold almost instantaneously in what was actually not a seller’s market, for exactly the amount of money they needed to make the transition happen. On top of that, the job involved her working with her best friend after years of living apart from each other. How amazing is that?
My dream board included some specific goals, including travel and “my vacation to Hawaii in 2005,” as well as a mock registration form for creativity workshops I wanted to teach, and goal of improving my physical health and the image of a book with my name as the author. In less than a week, I was approached by a stranger and an unlikely friendship ensued. We became workout buddies, and through her, I met my current partner, who was born and raised, where else? - Hawaii. I did not go on a vacation to Hawaii in 2005, but in 2006, we MOVED here. The picture I put on the board looks quite a bit like the lush vegetation and beautiful waterfalls that grace my new residence, the Big Island. If you’re wondering, I also conducted a series of creativity workshops and am under the belief that the process of writing the book is continuing to manifest.
One other powerful example of the law of attraction (I feel I HAVE to share it) - comes from an experience where my job was not the right fit. (This was just before doing the dream board). I realized that the only way out was to create the conditions that I did want in my life. So I did that, by writing. I journaled about the creative, flexible, warm, light hearted, positive environment that I saw myself in, describing the positive impact this job would have on my life, and in turn, on others. LESS THAN A WEEK after creating this list, I got a phone call from an acquaintance telling me of an opening for a position within their agency, which paired caring adult mentors with at risk youth. I applied, interviewed and did more visualizing. The job could offer, at it’s highest, a significant pay cut. I put trust out to the universe and came up with an amount that I could handle doing the job for. The very same day I decided the amount, I got the call, with the job offer, and a salary negotiation that matched my stated amount of need. It was amazing.
This stuff REALLY works. and here I am, finding myself excited to create my next board. I hope you know, you have offered true inspiration through your work, energy and efforts. Shine on.
(and Thank you for sharing.)
March 6th, 2007 4:40 pm
Wow! Thanks for sharing your stories, Melissa! A much-needed dose of hope for me!!
March 6th, 2007 6:03 pm
melissa, i’m with caren too! Thanks for all of that. It’s GREAT stuff!
March 24th, 2007 11:33 pm
i’m more interested in doing this dream board than my wife is. my question is: should we do a dream board for the family and one for ourselfes or one for just ourselfs or both. any ideas would be great.
March 25th, 2007 10:43 am
Hi Troy, If your wife is feeling luke warm about it, then why not just do one for you? It’s not a big deal. You can see how it goes, and see what happens. If it’s a good thing, then maybe you can do one for the family next! (I always recommend that we start with ourselves.)
April 1st, 2007 7:56 am
Hello-
Thank you so much for the article on Vision Boards! I actually made my first board months ago without even knowing what it was..I just love scraapbooking so much it seemed like a good idea! I actually saw a segment on Oprah and didnt realize what they were showing (in the background) was a Vision board…but I was so interested in what I saw that I felt, I could do one of those, I have magazines & glue!!! LOL!!!
Well, anyway…the first board, a small one, has pretty much served its purpose so in the last few weeks I have been creating another one -MUCH BIGGER & BRIGHTER- with so much more on it! All the hopes, dreams and desires of my heart; a loving husband, a healthy baby, a beautiful home we would share, more furry pups-only have “Bella” right now, my dream job-summers off, my personal AVON website, paper money, business logo, etc. Well, some of these have already manifested in my life (business, website, extra cash, surprise checks, career aspirations) still working on the hubby, home & kids..but I know they are coming, infact they are already waiting for me!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much again - GREAT WEBSITE =)
April 6th, 2007 9:15 am
How to Make a Vision Board…
This is a great article discussing the basics of how to create a vision board. The article is well written and attends to the creative and spiritual aspects of this activity - going well beyond the “get-rich-quick” mind set too often associated these…
April 7th, 2007 1:42 am
There is a cool video and case study on the vision board here:
http://thesecretnotes.com/whats-a-vision-board/
April 8th, 2007 9:11 pm
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April 11th, 2007 12:58 pm
Christine:
The idea of the vision board is to hang it on some wall (maybe in the bedroom) so I can always see it,
or I can make a vision board on a book and keep it where nobody (except me)can see it ? If I can make
it on a notebook or diary maybe, the idea is to see what I have put there once a day or just leave it there ?
Thank you very much
Regards
Marcela
May 7th, 2007 2:04 pm
Hi Marcela, For me I put my vision board on the wall in my master bedroom whereby I can see it everyday
Great results after I put up my vision board. I got positive results after 3 weeks. You can check my blog for for story.
I also happen to post my guidelines about creating my vision board and actually what I did was a close match to Christine’s recommendation. I conclude these guidelines do work not only for me but for others.
May 27th, 2007 12:09 pm
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September 27th, 2007 1:37 pm
Hai Christine,
I am Usha and I am from Suriname, that is a country in South America. I came across the Law of Attarction some time ago. Although I haven’t achieved what I really desire, I have seen some miracles happening in my life. I looked up vision boards because I have problems with visualing and I came accross your site. The first thing that I felt was the kind way in which you are explaining how to create the vision board and your own experience. I just loved that. Most sites I came across told you their experience and at the end they ask for your creditcard before they give the relevant information. I think that the Law is one of sharing, because everyone has the right to know about it. I shared it with a lot of people and I feel great about it. Just to see their happy faces.
I want too thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing the vision board stuff with us. I asked a collegae for some magazines and can’t wait to get home to get started.
I am excited!
God bless to everyone and may U achieve everything you wish for.
Lots of Love.
USHA
October 7th, 2007 9:00 pm
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October 19th, 2007 12:23 am
Wow, thanks god I found this article. This is the only source that I found which describe vision board in it’s fullest. Yes, I first heard it through ‘The Secret’ and from ‘The Passion’ but yet yours version is much much more complete. Thanks Christine for this wonderful share. Great day!
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November 17th, 2007 8:47 am
I taught high school for twelve years and most years I had each of my classes make a vision board. I called it a “wish” poster and at the time I didn’t know it would have any larger significance. Now that I know the larger possibilities, I hope it made some difference in some of their lives.
December 21st, 2007 10:12 pm
Hello all. I just found Christine’s site and the blog about Vision Boards. I thought I would share that my sons (ages 9 and 5 1/2 at the time) and I each created our own Vision Boards in June of this year. It was an amazing experience that the boys loved and were very excited about. I had wanted to create my vision collage (what I call it) for 2 years and never got to it. Finding private time was the hardest thing, and I solved the problem when I asked my sons if they wanted to do one too. I was surprised at how much they loved it, and they asked to do one every year from now on. It will be a wonderful treat to see how they develop over the years with their vision boards. Other parents may want to try this too. It was a wonderful thing to share with my sons. Namaste. Julie
January 1st, 2008 12:38 am
Hello Christine, first of all you have a beautiful voice. I happened on your website by accident after searching for “how to law of attraction”. Thank goodness I did. I recently listened to the Abraham-Hicks cds and became very interested in the teachings but had no idea how to apply it. I don’t know what I want out of life so it’s hard to think about “it” to attract “it”. Then I saw your posting on the Opening & Allowing vision board. I am so excited. I feel like there is hope. I’ve been living in such a zombie-like state and I know I want to make changes. Now I feel like I have the tools to start. Thank you so much Christine and I will be reading your blog regularly. Happy New Year!
January 6th, 2008 8:16 am
Hi Christine, You DO have a beautiful voice! Thanks for this great article on vision boards. Due to Edward Mill’s from Evolving Times “Vision Board Invitational” I made one yesterday with my friends and kids. I did some research beforehand and found your article WONDERFUL on explaining vision boards and the kinds that you can make. I printed out a copy to explain it to my friends and I also will be linking to your post when I write about vision boards in the next day or so. Thank you! Your post helped a lot! Gratefully, Jenny
January 10th, 2008 11:13 pm
This is a great step by step guide. I love using the process to inspire, but also to excavate some new ideas that may come up.
January 17th, 2008 10:50 am
i love the idea of a vision board–but i hope you’re not advocating that people go to libraries to cut up the magazines. that would be a horrible, horrible thing!
January 20th, 2008 3:20 pm
Very interesting suggestion. I didn’t know about Vision baords but your rticle is self-explanatory.
Thank you.
January 23rd, 2008 6:37 am
I think if you come across someone or something that suggest that manifestation and law of attraction, all that sort of thing, is difficult, untrue, false etc, then you should ignore it, if somebody says, “this doesn’t work!” Then it’s true, it doesn’t work, for them anyway, because they believe it doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean it won’t for you, don’t let someone else’s ego, or disappointment sway you from your goal, believe and visualise often, hold true to your faith, and if what you want is you true hearts desire, it will come about, as long as you include your passion and faith, and do not let anybody stand in your way, no matter what they say, your dreams will surely come true. Just believe it!
Smile!
February 6th, 2008 11:05 pm
Today I watched a show on Oprah about Vision Boards and Love List’s and all that positive stuff. I stopped to think for a bit what kind of energy that would bring to me. I think I am a pretty negative person so anything being positively reinforced in my life would be great. After doing some web surfing, I came across your website. I really enjoyed the tips on how to make a Vision Board because I really didn’t know how to get started. I am only fifteen but I figured if something so personnal, like this, can help me then why not give it a try.
Thanks!
February 7th, 2008 12:00 am
Hi Justine — It’s so GREAT that you’re getting this stuff at the age of 15. I hope you will stay very very clear about the power of doing this kind of thing - and how much power you have within you! Thanks for stopping by!
February 12th, 2008 2:10 pm
Hi Christine, I’m very new to this Law of Attraction, Vision Board way of thinking. I just bought Rhonda Byrne’s “The Secret” and I’m preparing to make my first vision board. I have a younger brother who is having some difficulties in school and at home, I was wondering if putting some goals on my Vision Board for him could possibly manifest into some positive changes in his life.
February 14th, 2008 7:05 am
Hello everyone ,
i did my vision boards 2 days ago . Yesterday I just got a first sign of think moving towards my goal .
I want to be a Fligh attendant really bad . I put that on my vision boards , I put a picture of my face on top of a picture of a flight attendant for Virgin Atlantic ( that’s the company I want to work for ) . I visualize myself for about 40 minutes and I could have stay longer because i was having fun and feeling good .
Yesterday i didn’t get an email for a Interview with Virgin Atlantic ( evn though I applied) BUT….. I GOT EVEN BETTER !! I got an invitation email from another airline that pays better and goes to the destinations that I WANT !! In the email they asked me to phone them back , and when I did they congratulate with me and they booked me on March 11 ( 11 is my favourite number!! by the way ) for an interview !!
I HAVE TO GET THIS JOB !!!! I ALREADY GOT IT !!
do you think that the Law of attraction at the end brings you not only what you want but what is better for you ??? In my case a company instead of another ???
February 14th, 2008 5:39 pm
Hello everyone,
This is my first time posting on this site. I’m so excited that I’ve found it. I have been searching since last week for a very informative site and could not find one. Thankfully I didn’t give up and viola I found Christine Kane.
I started my very first vision board last night. i haven’t completed it but I’m really trying to take some time and find images that really represent what I’m trying to manifest in my life.
Is it ture that certain things should go on certain color background (for example green-finances; pink-love/romance; blue-education/degree). Is this correct? Also should does all of the images you use have to be color photos? Any help would be appreicated. Thanks
February 21st, 2008 4:56 pm
Helle Christine,
I’m gonna make a vision board myself and I was just wondering if you knew the name of the poster board thing from Target,that’d really help me a lot! Thanks already!
bye,
Yazmin G.
February 22nd, 2008 4:12 am
do i have to use magazine pictures? can i print up things off the internet and cut them out? can i used a cork board instead of a poster board?
February 29th, 2008 5:30 pm
I love Melissa’s idea about journaling to manifest the right job. Can this work? I interviewed with a company recently, and the salary was decent; but I went with my feeling (something didn’t seem to fit for me) and didn’t pursue that opportunity. I still feel a little nervous about that. So, I’m hoping that something else will come my way.
I did write out on my Vision Board that I hope for paying Reiki clients. A few weeks later, a friend has offered to pay for a Reiki Master class for me (as I can’t afford it) which blew my mind! So, this may be a step toward having my own Reiki Studio eventually.
Thanks, Christine, for this blog and the vision board ideas!
March 9th, 2008 4:59 pm
Hi Christine-
Two days ago my mom encouraged me to watch Oprah’s Feb. 6th show ‘The Secret Behind the Secret’ which she had recorded for me. She also gave me ‘The Secret’ DVD. After watching it, I then found your site on vision boards, made a list and went shopping. My life has been very difficult since my divorce. I am determined to make it better for myself and my girls. So my mom will quit worrying too. Thanks for providing great info on the boards.
March 15th, 2008 12:19 am
A friend of mine recently sent me an invitation to a vision board party and attached a link to your website. I know a number of people that use vision boards and I understand the concept. I wanted mine to be a little different.
Over the past 3 years I have walked through some pretty tough stuff with the help of an amazing support group of women….I had close to a hundred cards for everything from support to birthdays to get well cards to “just because” cards and I could never part with them because of what they represented to me.
I decided to use these cards in my vision board to remind me of the love and support that surrounds me everyday. It hangs on the wall of my office and whenever I get into a funk, I’m able to bring myself back to center just by looking at all of the love around me through these cards.
I’m now considering doing something like this with old anniversary cards and birthday cards from my husband. We’ve been together for 22 years and to have all of those thoughts and feelings in one place just seems like a good idea.
When you think about the amount of money we spend on greeting cards, it really does make sense!
March 20th, 2008 7:51 am
Hello Christine,
I have posted a reply on this page about a year ago (wow, time flies) on creating a vision board the easy way by using vision board software. Because I understand the power of vision boards (I have been using them for years, creating an amazing life), my mission has always been to make it as easy as possible for everyone to use them.
I just wanted to let people that read this blog know that for this reason we have recently started an online community dedicated to vision boards, Law of Attraction and visualization where people can learn everything about vision boards and connect with other like minded people about this topic (and other things). Joining the community is free of course and on the site you can also create your own (online) vision board, using either the images in the image library or your own. Please assist us in spreading the word about this so we can inspire as many people as possible to create a vision board. The website address is: http://www.visionlounge.com
Thanks,
Cornelis
April 14th, 2008 6:11 pm
Hi!
I am so excited to be starting my vision board…I know my life is in a major state of change and I can feel myself g-r-o-w-i-n-g, though some of it feels a bit painful. My friends all tease me about just how optimistic I am most of the time and are skeptical of “the law of attraction” but I have always believed this way even before it had a name or had become so popular. I do have a question…I have a pretty good idea of the things I want on my board and have spent a lot of time thinking about it as not to put up something that I don’t “really” want…my question is about love/relationships…I realize that I want a healthy/loving relationship….but am having a very hard time NOT focusing on one person in paticular. Do you have any advice in this area?
THANK YOU!
Tisha
April 14th, 2008 7:21 pm
Tisha — here’s my advice - don’t focus on one person in particular!
Find pictures of what feels like relationship happiness and intend that the perfect and right person FOR YOU be in your life. You never know - it could be brad pitt! 
Why limit yourself??
April 14th, 2008 8:29 pm
Christine,
Thanks…and in my heart of hearts I know that is the right thing…A recent “heartbreak” has clouded my mind/spirits a little…I always try to find the lesson or reason for the coming & going of relationships in my life….
Just working thur this one….
Again I thank you and appreciate your time….I am so very excited to have found this site.
Tisha
May 12th, 2008 9:39 am
Hi Christine,
Came across your site when I googled Vision boards! I have another suggestion for a vision board to share with your readers….I am at my computer a lot during the day so what I did was create a vision board in photoshop and then used it as a screensaver! This way I can see it periodically throughout the day. I emailed myself the file so I have it on my home computer as well.
June 8th, 2008 10:34 am
Hi Christine,
I was wondering in relation to vision boards If when you receive something from them should you remove the item and replace?
Thank you
June 13th, 2008 2:21 pm
Hi Christine. Yesterday I was at the gym and Oprah was on–the repeat of her show that had Martha Beck and a couple of other women. I recalled when I first saw the show that I was so inspired by the stories I heard (from audience members), that I went out and got Martha’s book, Finding Your Own North Star. I also remembered wanting to do a Vision Board–but like many things in my life, never got around to doing it. So imagine my excitement yesterday in seeing that show again–at exactly the moment where they introduced a young woman that essentially said Martha’s book (the one I had gotten) and a Vision Board had changed her life. So determined to do it this time, I googled “vision boards” and came to your site; this page. I am proud to tell you that I gathered up all of the magazines and catalogs I had and brought them to my office. As I write, I’m listening to one of my favorite soothing cd’s (Indian music) and am about to commence cutting up magazines! Thank you for the inspiration and I’ll keep you posted!
June 13th, 2008 5:08 pm
Hi Liz - Most people I know DO remove the item and leave that area blank for a while - rather than rushing to fill it up. I do a Vision Book - and I’m just about to remove several things that, as I progressed in my life, I realized I no longer want!
Thanks Lesli! You go! I just facilitated one of my women’s retreats last weekend - and the entire afternoon on Saturday was just women hanging out on the big giant covered porch, cutting out magazines and pasting and being quiet and reflective. Quite lovely!
June 17th, 2008 9:36 am
Thanks for a great post. I have heard about vision boards, but never thought of doing one till last week, after I saw an Oprah rerun on the Secret. I took a minute and sat and really focused on exactly what I would put on my board. Only one picture sprang to mind, a row of desks, like from a primary school. Empty, waiting for students and teachers. I spent a few moments really seeing that on my board.
I have wanted to work more closely with students, and that picture was a reflection of that. I had done a proposal several months ago for a project with students, and was told there was no money and not too much interest at that time. I was told there was another possibility for me, but not the one I was most interested in, and that I would hear this week. Well yesterday I got an email, and my ORIGINAL proposal was accepted. The one I really wanted. I was amazed, and felt that that positive picture and the energy I brought to it, in a moment of peace, was important to it happening.
This morning I had to read more about vision boards, and found your site. Thanks.
June 21st, 2008 9:27 am
Dear Christine: I’m a very creative person and the Vision board is an awsome ideal. I’m getting started on my vison board today. I will get back with you on how I’m doing. All your ideas answered all my question on how to get started. Thank You. I’m so excited. Thanks again. Patricia
June 27th, 2008 7:33 pm
Hi
I just finished watching the Opra Show. I’m a Grandmother and a nurse. I enjoy reading and Reiki. The show on vision Boards was very uplifting.
I’m off to the store to purchase the materials to start my first Vision Board.
Things on my Vision Board
Great health for me and my friends
Home payed off
Great work relationships
Great roses
Smile
Gladys
July 3rd, 2008 7:05 pm
Wow, what a thorough run down of how to make a vision board. Thanks so much. I’ve been using the law of attraction to make small changes in my life, successfully, but for the bigger changes I’m gonna need some help. The vision board will be one of those things which will definitely help me.
July 3rd, 2008 10:07 pm
Hi Christine - I, too, Googled “Vision Boards” this evening and your article came up and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Who knew there so many ways to get creative with your vision board??
Have to share with you that I have been preparing for this night of creation for a few days now, pulling pretty pictures and meaningful phrases from magazines around the house. Work has been frustrating and I needed to do something creative to break loose from the stress. I found myself pulling pictures of the ocean, pretty flowers, leaning heavily toward nature…even a picture of thistle. I was finding that my vision was less materialistic than I had intended, much more leaning to the quiet peace and beauty of the out of doors.
The other day I received an invitation on one of those networking websites from a wonderful work friend from three companies ago, with whom I had lost touch. Our friendship had continued well after our jobs took us in different directions, but we had lost touch. Over the years I often wondered what had happened to her and husband and if they had any children now. I was beside myself when I saw her invitation and shot a note back to her immediately, telling her how I had thought of her often and applauded her idea of using that site to reconnect. Her reply was “Yeah, this internet thing - it might catch on!” Both of our backgrounds are in IT - so that especially funny for me.
In preparing a space to start the vision board tonight, after reading your column, I saw that picture of the thistle and caught my breath. My dear friend who reconnected lives in Scotland where the Thistle is a popular piece of flora. You’re right. Sometimes we have no idea why until later!
I haven’t even started gluing and it’s already manifesting….
Blessings - Hope
July 5th, 2008 11:25 pm
Online Vision Boards - that’s what I did. I did images.google.com search for all the goals in my goals list, and did a composition vision board with a graphics program out of the pictures that best represented the goals in my list.
Then, I put that picture into the PC wallpaper, so that it is there to remind of the goals every time I turn on the computer, first thing in the morning, which I think is the optimal time to go through priorities for the day and keep them aligned with the long term goals.
The resulting picture is also easy to print out, in A4 or A5 sizes (at a cyber cafe if you don’t have a color printer for the purpose), for example, and attach that printout into the physical vision board.
July 9th, 2008 12:14 am
Christine, thanks so much for all of the GREAT ideas! I heard about the vision board from a friend and I wanted to find out more about it and I started looking online and I came across your website and I must say it’s very detailed and again has wonderful ideas for me to get started. Thanks again, and I hope that you have continued success!
July 9th, 2008 10:12 am
C-
I just looked up vision boards today and found your site. I don’t think the idea of making a vision board is too difficult. My kids rip paper and paste it down all of the time. I think the difficulty lies in believing in the invisible without feeling like I am conning myself into self fullfilling prophesies. But that is ok too.
I had to come to grips with the idea that I might be conning myself into believing in things that may or may not be true just because some people say a thing is so. But that is ok. We con ourselves all of the time into believing things that are not true. And sooner or later they become manefest in our lives. At least that is the case in my life.
I am starting the practice of using VB’s so that one, I can continue to focus on the tangeble things that I desire in my life derived from a moment of clarity not greed. Secondly, I want to create a space in my life for the miraculous to happen. I think that being open to new things that are healthy and bring life to others is a good thing.
I am a practicing Christian, which just means that I try to follow Christ’s examples and live out what I believe to be true. With the belief that we are created in the image of a Creator it only makes sense that we have the ability to create. Jesus even said, “that if you have the faith of a musterd seed that you could say to this mountain move and it would.” I think visualization is a way to build our faith in things that could be.
Life is exciting and I don’t want to miss out on all of the fun just because…
Here is a thought that occurred to me a few years back about thankfullness. “It doesn’t matter whether the glass is half full or half empty. Just be thankfull for having a glass is that is a gateway to right thinking.”
We all have a glass, don’t we?
Make it a great day!
July 9th, 2008 10:15 am
Just being thankful for having the glass is a pathway to right thinking or right mindfulness is how I actually wrote it.
July 11th, 2008 7:33 pm
I found this site after listening to The Answer. I haven’t made a vision board, but years ago, I made a list of all the things I wanted from a job while I was job hunting. After 7 years on that job, I found the list when I was cleaning out my desk to leave. I had accomplished everything on the list. I made another one right away and have accomplished it, too. I was depressed and didn’t reach as high as I can now. It is time for the vision board to do it’s thing.
Thanks for the directions.
July 16th, 2008 2:09 pm
I created a vision board one month ago and it’s changed my life. I separated from my husband several months ago and was feeling depressed and hopeless about the future. That’s when I decided to create the board. Looking through magazines and deciding which pictures to cut out and put on my board was like therapy as it’s really helped me put my life into perspective. It helped me define what I really want out of life and where I want to be in the future. I now feel stronger and confident about my life plan. I look at my board every day and it fills me with such hope. And believe it not, things on my board have already started to manifest themselves! I strongly encourage everyone to create one!
July 16th, 2008 3:01 pm
“Just Stick Stuff on It!” was the general answer when I was asking people how to make a vision board. I’m very specific and technical in my ways and most of them, I like to have instructions or guideline to follow. Thank goodness, I found your blog post.
It gave me more than enough information to have an idea where to start. I know that vision boards are subjectives and personal and there is no “ultimate” vision board but now, I know at least where to start.
Do you often change your vision board or simply create a new one? How often would you say that you do create a new one or change it?
July 18th, 2008 11:11 pm
hey!
I’m 13 and my sister just told me about a vision board yesturday. She’s 16 and learning meditation. She has a lot of good advice for me. The vision board was a great one. I just wanted to know how to make it and how it works. Your site gave me some great ideas. Does it really work because I have great desires that i really want very bad. I hope it works. I hope the vision board can turn my life around, at least a little. If i have my visions in a book so only I can read and see it, will that be a problem?
July 18th, 2008 11:15 pm
i have one more question. If i draw some visions, can i put it on the vision board
July 18th, 2008 11:52 pm
while i keep thinking about this, more questions come to me. Do you have to write things under the picture? like a Lamborghini or i wish to have a Lamborghini. I know ,me and my silly desires, but hey, im just a teenager. Or can you just make a collage of the things you desire? If i draw the picture, it’s better to label it, right?
thanks for all the help.
bye
July 21st, 2008 7:00 am
Hi, I was wondering. I love my family and I put a picture of us on my VB to make sure we stay together and happy. Of course relationships change and I’m not trying to avoid that. I just want the happy ending. My VB is more like a “future board”. Has any one done this? If so, what happened?
Thanks Sandy….
July 21st, 2008 10:37 pm
Hi Sandy