Vision Board 101

I have a sick obsession with vision boards. I make so many throughout the year! The reason I am constantly making new boards, however, is due to the fact that vision boards truly do help you to attain your goals. I have accomplished so many personal goals because of my addiction to vision boards and I'd like to share a little vision board 101.

Never make your vision board too big.

I'm not telling you to have small goals, by all means dream as big as you possibly can! What I am saying is that having a very large vision board and overwhelm you and make it seem impossible to accomplish all that you have posted on the board. Start small and when you are done accomplishing all of the goals on one board, make a new one.

Always make your vision board as specific as possible.

Don't just cut out pictures of beautiful islands with amazing sunsets and paste them on the board with a caption that says "Travel More". Pick specific places that you would like to travel to and go into detail about those places. Also, find pictures to place on your board that you believe directly describe the places that you would like to visit.

Make life a party

Everyone likes going to parties. (and if you don't, well that's just a shame) Wouldn't it be great if your entire life was one giant party where all you did was celebrate and have fun?
One of my favorite songs is a spanish song by Celia Cruz titled "La Vida Es Un Carnival" or "Life is a Carnival". In the song Celia reminds us that there is no reason to cry over life. We should be enjoying life instead and rejoicing in all of the beauty that life has to over. Easier said than done, right? Wrong. And I'll tell you why.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, to be adored and most of all to be lived! Just like you can't enjoy a party by standing by being a wall flower, you can't enjoy life by standing back and watching it go by. Live it up! Dance on the dance floor of life! Get rid of the crying, the feelings of being alone, the temptation to believe that everything is bad and you'll be a couple steps closer to enjoying your party.
How would you feel if you were invited to a very special party specifically thrown for you and when you got there all you did was stand by the punch bowl and wallow in your sorrows and fear? You would feel like a dummy the following day and I'm sure whoever threw you the party would be a little ticked off that you wasted their time. Think of life as a friend who is throwing you a grand party that you can enjoy every last minute of it. Don't waste life's time. Don't throw away a free party. Make the party as fun as possible. Smile! Laugh! Dance! Forgive just as you forgive those drunk people on the dance floor who continuously spill drinks on your new party dress! Get over your fears and do that new dance that you've been practicing in your bedroom mirror!
Life is a carnival. We all love carnivals and I believe that I'll enjoy my own personal one a lot more now that I realize life has thrown a party just for me.