The new year has begun, a new year full of possibilities. We are not big fans of New Year’s resolutions, but we are big fans of vision boards. And that’s exactly what we want to introduce to you in this post. Do you also have the desire to achieve your dreams and goals and to shape your life with new ideas? In that case, vision boards are just right for you! In simple terms, it is a concept to visualize ideas and turn them into reality. Sounds interesting? We’ll tell you how you can easily create your vision board.

Why Vision Boards?

We all have goals, but the difficulty often lies in pursuing and ultimately achieving them. This is where a vision board can be a great help by visualizing your visions. A vision board is a canvas on which you collect images and symbols representing your goals or desires. By looking at your board, you will be reminded of your goals every day and give your subconscious mind the necessary time to manifest these goals in your life. As they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul. By looking at the images on your board, you anchor them deep in your mind and give them more power. It may sound super spiritual, but it really works!

If you need inspiration for your own vision board, you can find some ideas on platforms like Pinterest. In the following paragraphs, we will discuss in detail how to create a vision board and provide tips to find the best design for your board.

What are Vision Boards, and How Do They Work?

But let’s take a step back. We have already mentioned what a vision board is. But what does that mean in detail? A vision board compiles different images and symbols corresponding to your goals, desires, and dreams, thus visualizing and representing them.

It visually represents your future visions and helps you manifest them. The exact appearance of your vision board is unimportant. What matters is what you collect on it. You can create the board digitally or physically on paper. We usually work with digital boards, either in the form of Pinterest boards or by creating our own boards using programs like Adobe InDesign.

By creating your vision boards, you must engage intensively with your goals. Once the vision board is finished, it influences your subconscious mind through regular viewing and motivates you to take the necessary steps to achieve these goals. Vision boards can clarify your thoughts, increase motivation, and focus on what is essential.

The Power of Visualization: How Vision Boards Can Influence Your Goals and Dreams

We have already used the term visualization a lot. Because only with the help of visualization do vision boards work properly. Visualizations are a valuable tool for achieving goals. They address your subconscious mind and help it focus on the goal. Using images or symbols makes the goal more tangible and, therefore, more realistic. Visualization can also help you feel motivated and concentrate better on what needs to be done to achieve your goal.

Creating your vision board is the first step for visualization to work. Now, you have to place it where you can look at it regularly – consciously and unconsciously. This increases its effectiveness and allows faster and more effective progress toward achieving the goals.

Creating Your Vision Board

If you want to create your vision board, there are a few things you should definitely follow to visualize your visions and goals in the best possible way. First, take the time to think about what you want to achieve in the coming months and how you want to shape it. You can create the timeframe for which you create your vision board individually. At Team Whaelse, we have always worked with vision boards for one year.

Once you have defined your goals and desires, the next step is to visualize them. We prefer to work with the platform Pinterest for this. Look for images and symbols that best visually reflect your goals and desires. They should also be visually appealing, as you will look at them daily the following year.

Once you have all your images and symbols together, you can start arranging them on your board. In addition to the images and symbols, you can also integrate notes or affirmations on your board. We use Adobe InDesign for this, but any app or program for creating collages can also be used for creating vision boards.

Once your vision board is finished, it needs to be placed somewhere you can see it daily. For us, it serves as a desktop background on our laptop or phone, but you can also print it out and hang it where you spend a lot of time every day.

Example of vision boards we created throughout the past years and put as our screensaver on the laptop

Tips for Designing Your Vision Board: Colors, Images, and Symbols

As mentioned before, it is essential that your vision board reflects your goals and desires and is visually appealing.

Therefore, choosing the right colors, images, and symbols is essential. These elements will help you visualize and manifest your visions in your life. Choose images that inspire and motivate you. They can be photos of places you want to travel to or people you admire and see as role models. Symbols can also play a significant role – for example, if you aspire to a career in music, a musical note should be present on your vision board.

The colors should also be carefully chosen: red stands for energy and passion, blue for peace and trust, and green for growth and health.

Inspiration for Different Types of Goals on Your Vision Board (Career, Relationships, Health, etc.)

Without goals and desires, you don’t need a vision board. But if you are overwhelmed with finding and formulating your goals and are unsure where to start, we have prepared some starting points for you.

Don’t just focus on one area; reflect on the goals and dreams of different regions of your life. Whether it’s your career, relationships, or health – there are countless ideas and visions that you can visualize on your board. They don’t always have to be big goals; even small things like cooking at home more often, taking regular walks in the park, or spending more time with family are things you can put on your vision board. Or is there a travel destination that has been on your bucket list for a long time? Put it on your vision board!

At the beginning, ask yourself how your life currently looks. What do you like about it, and what would you like to change? This is a good starting point to plan for the next 12 months.

Avoiding Mistakes When Using Vision Boards: Debunking Myths

If you want to create a vision board, be careful not to fall for the myths associated with their use. One of the biggest myths is that it is enough to simply collect images on a board and automatically wait for your dreams and goals to come true. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Instead, you have to actively work on your goals and visualize them to achieve them. The vision board helps you not lose sight of your goals and dreams and reminds you of them subconsciously. This, in turn, prompts you to take action and work towards them.

Another myth is that your vision board’s design must be perfect. In reality, it’s about compiling a collection of images and ideas that can help you steer your life in the desired direction. It’s about the what, not the how.

By the way, it’s also not a problem if you haven’t achieved everything on your vision board at the end of a year or if goals have changed. Life is constantly changing, and so do goals and desires. Once you have put something on your vision board, it doesn’t mean it’s set in stone. If you realize at the end of a year that some things are no longer important to you or need to be changed, you can easily consider this for your next vision board.