How To Create A Vision Board That Truly Manifests
By: Maddie Rosier
Tags: Self, Happiness, Manifestation, Goals, Life

How To Create A Vision Board That Truly Manifests

And begin to lead the life you’ve always envisioned.

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I started making vision boards when I was in my early teens. They basically consisted of Zac Efron cut-outs from Dolly magazine (manifesting him as my future husband) and clipping of Australian soap dramas (that I genuinely thought I’d be cast in). Fast forward to my late twenties, and I take my vision boards a little more seriously. Sorry Zac, I’m sure we would have been magic.

I’m a practical person, but I do believe in manifestation. Put simply, I believe that what you put out into the universe through your thoughts and energy is what can very easily become your reality.

“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create” — Buddha

Cue the vision board. A collection of images and words that represent everything you currently desire, both now and later. To create a vision board, you need to sit down and genuinely think about what you what, in order to find specific pictures and words that will represent said aspiration. Regardless of whether they are short term goals or long term goals, start visualising what it is you want — then begin to document it.

Most of us can visualise our dream life. We roughly know what goals we’d like to achieve, and what we would like to get out of this life. Deep down, we all know what we want… but it’s often a lot. It’s also often a muddled mess in our imaginations. And we don’t think about them too deeply. We push our hopes, goals and dreams to the back of our minds — which is where they usually remain.

“A dream written down becomes a goal.”

A vision board helps manifest our goals through channelling our feelings and energy towards what we want (rather than towards negativity, fear and doubt). Below are simple steps to create an effective vision board that will genuinely help you towards the life you want.

First, we reflect.

Using a notepad or your notes app, write down what it is that you want out of life. Your own house? A beach house? Financial freedom? A husband/wife/child? A dog? A new car? Travel? A published novel? A recording contract? A ripped body? The sky’s the limit.

Jot down all of your goals and dreams. Every single one. They can be achieved next week, next year or next decade. The likely timeframe doesn’t matter.

Be specific — what does your dream house look like? Why is financial freedom so important to you? Where is it you want to travel to?

Pinterest your little heart out.

This is arguably the best part. Search for pictures or text graphics that best represent your goals and desires. Pay attention to the pictures that give you goosebumps or make your heart skip a beat — these hold more power in them.

Don’t settle — keep searching until you find an image or set of words that genuinely resonate with you, so that when you glance upon them every day they will trigger strong, positive emotions.

It’s important to feel a strong sense of emotion when you look at your chosen pictures. Emotion is energy, and energy will manifest.

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Vision board, assemble!

Find yourself a solid board (I purchased a cork pinboard from Kmart for $12) and begin to assemble. I like to use pins instead of glue because they’re easy to remove, swap and add images as my goals change or expand.

One of the most important things you can do to ensure effectiveness of your vision board is to make sure that it is a joy to look at, so take your time. Lay the images out nicely and neatly, and only pin everything down once you’re content.

Now for the show.

Place your board where you’ll see it daily. Whether it’s your bedroom, study or kitchen, it’s important that your vision board is something you see and think about frequently.

Continue to update.

It’s very important to update your board every so often. If you begin to feel stagnant towards your chosen images, they will lose their effectiveness. A vision board isn’t an artwork you make, display and forget about. It shouldn’t be background art.

Returning to your vision board also ensures that you are constantly thinking about what you want out of life. As you grow and move closer to the vision of your future that you want, things may very well change. You may realise the goals you’ve set are no longer a desire of yours, or that you have set your bar too low, or you realise that you have totally new goals.

A successful vision board should always be relevant to you.