Happy 2020!

Do you have a picture in your mind's eye of what you want to accomplish this year — where you want to go, what you want to achieve, how how want to feel? Visualization can be a powerful tool, and despite my initial skepticism about vision boards, my experience is that, coupled with concerted action, they can and do work!

Guidance for creating a vision boardThere are lots of articles and videos online about how to create a vision board (or vision book, which is what I prefer):

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-scientific-reason-why_b_6392274 (This one) is a simple explanation of how and why vision boards work. I agree that there is really no right way to do a vision board. Be lighthearted about it, and enjoy the process!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamZEW0x3dM (This video), by Jack Canfield, offers other useful vision boarding tips and insights.

https://www.designwizard.com/blog/how-to-create-an-inspiring-online-vision-board/ (This blog post,) on https://www.designwizard.com/ (Design Wizard), offers step-by-step instructions on how to create an online vision board. A great alternative to the old school method of cutting and gluing magazine images to poster board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHyh0BXqJ0o (Here), three of my favorite celebrities — Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling — discuss the power of visualization. I'm not surprised at all that the interviewer said she had a picture of Oprah on her vision board!