How to create a Vision Board: Simply get your clients to cut out and collect pictures, words, quotes that inspire them or that catch their eye. THEY MUST NOT ANALYSE! If it grabs them, tear it out! Then ask them to paste and organize these images, words, quotes etc onto a big piece of paper, giving it a title and date.
How much time to allow: This will depend on your client, but when I run a Vision Boarding Workshop I usually allow around 2 hours (this allows for introductions, getting settled in and a little reflection/closing at the end). If someone is doing a vision board by themselves - I would say to allow 1-1 1/2 hours. Finally, it can also be fun for your client to get a group of friends together and make an evening of it - then they should probably allow 2-3 hours for chatting etc.
What they’ll need: A piece of bristol board or cardboard, scissors, coloured pens, glue and a supply of inspirational magazines to cut out pictures from (eg. Oprah, home magazines, spiritual magazines, National Geographic etc.)
Top Tips:
- The Vision Board MUST HAVE PICTURES – even if they are just line drawings and stick men/women.
- While they look for pictures, they should allow their minds to run free and dream. INCLUDE ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING that appeals or speaks to them!
- When creating a Vision Board, HOW THEY FEEL is more important that what they think!
- Include PERSONAL AFFIRMATIONS or inspiring quotes to nurture and cherish themselves.
- Use COLOUR! Coloured felt-tip pens, colour post-it notes, colour pictures, make it VIBRANT and exciting.
- Encourage them to look for the UNFAMILIAR – to get outside their ‘normal’ box…
- Finally, remind them this is not about creating an artistic masterpiece but creating something that visually INSPIRES and EXCITES
- More notes from a collegue-
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"Let the images, symbols and colors represent an emotional map... Ask your future self to show you what steps you took to get where you are and where you will go... The board isn't just where you're going, it also reflects yourself now... What's already happening?... What's not here that you would like to see? (Afterwards) " and there was a great Japanese proverb shared "vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare".
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