Reblog of Vision boarding: everyday dilemmas and joys
“I’m not the kind of person who wants lots of material things. Don’t get me wrong, I do like to drive a decent car, I love a comfortable home and have many collections which I love adding to, but at this point in my life I am desperately trying to de-clutter and scale down in preparation for a big overseas move. So I knew that images of shiny things like cars, electronics and household appliances would not feature on my board.”
When I posted this back in February, my vision board was only half-finished. It has developed quite nicely as the year has progressed. I wanted tactile: I attached a piece decorative rope and small pegs, some long-abandoned scrapbooking bits, fabric pockets to hold fresh herbs (I adore lavender!) and collected some natural goodies from the garden like feathers and leaves.
I rescued some transparent wrapping from a bunch of flowers and wrote out a Rumi quote. I thought the quote would be good to share for today’s Thursday Thort.
“Very little grows on jagged rock.
Be ground. Be crumbled.
So wild flowers will come up where you are.
You have been stony for too many years.
Try something different. Surrender.” [Rumi]Yes, I have been stony for too many years, I want to be softer (less judgemental) especially to myself, more open, less sharp. The quote appealed to my sense of wanting to change the way I have been for too long.
I also thought an updated photo would be good so you can see how the board has come along. Like my life, my board is a work in progress…
From this…
To this…
I would love the hear your thoughts! Have you ever done a vision board, or had one that changed as the year progressed?
I belong to a women’s group that meets once a month. This month, we were invited to look for and prep images and words to create Vision Boards for 2018 for our February meeting, as a way to set our intentions for the rest of the year.
I immediately thought “how cool”! Partly because these were not intentions being set on the 1st January, so there is no hint of ‘new year resolutions’ to it. And because it has to be at least 10 years since I last did a vision board. Time to get creative.
I decided I wanted to do a ‘physical’ board rather than a digital one, as it is much more engaging and hands-on – and it would get me away from my computer for a few hours. The next thing was to find pictures. Normally sourced from magazines… But I don’t have any physical/hard copy magazines…
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hey dark horse …gr8 vision board 🙂 ive never really made one but insisted on my kids doing one each year we homeschooled. i guess when u r focused on bringing yr kids up and doing yr best to facilitate everyone …its possible to forget that u r also important. i wld never treat anyone else as badly as i treated myself …having the family move away from me has taught me a lot …i think a vision board might ooze its way oit of my heart in time 😉
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Well now – its time for you to insist on doing one for yourself, to envision your dreams, to feed your own soul… I hope you do one soon!
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lol …right now its time to pay bills and get on my feet 😉
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I read a book on Vision Boarding and started collecting magazine pages to start assembling one, but then I put it all away and forgot about it. I really do want to do one, so I hope I can focus on doing it after November, once I complete the Camino. Thanks for the inspiration. I love yours!
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It’s a fun thing to do and makes you think about “what’s next”. It’ll be interesting to see if you can do one after your trip and what you put on it. I think that’s the best part, not knowing exactly how it will turn out.
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The book I read suggests just cutting out a huge variety of things that you feel drawn to and then let yourself go with no preconceived notions. It’s an interesting approach, but I haven’t actually done it yet! 🙂
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That should work.
I’ve read other advice too: was to close your eyes and clear your mind first, set an intention before you start or meditate / breathe for 10 minutes (if you are into that). When we did ours collectively, we breathed for a few minutes and set an intention before we started.
There are so many ways to do it – I hope you find one that you like or relate to.
😃
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I like all those ideas, Debs. 🙂
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This is so perfect! I have been thinking about starting a vision board. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Thank you! I can recommend doing one. Would love to see it when it’s done.
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