Hi Everyone! Today I would like to talk about personal goal setting and achievement in 2021 by emphasizing the power of vision boards and sharing my ideas on how to make a vision board that works in 2021. Based on studies goal setting could have a major impact on experiencing productive lifestyle changes(1). Therefore I find it important to start 2021 by sharing my thoughts on a successful goal setting.
All of these ideas are based on my experience as well so I am talking from the bottom of my soul.
STEP 1: 2021 Goals Planner
Before getting into the process of how to make a vision board that works for your purposes, it is important to first and foremost picture that in your mind. That means you should start thinking and making notes about the following questions:
- What are the 5 most important things you want to do in 2021?
- What are your long-term goals for the next three years?
- What you should do this year to make major progress in your 3-year goals?
- What are the 2 most important areas in your life that you want to focus on in 2021?
I want to emphasize here that I don’t really believe in New Year’s Resolutions, I believe in consistency. For this purpose instead of the New Year’s Resolution Balloon I find that it is much more powerful to dig deep,find out your wishes and needs and act accordingly over and over again.
STEP 2: DEALING WITH THE TRAP OF MULTIPLE GOALS
One thing I would like to emphasize here based on my own experience that it is important to set achievable goals if you want to guarantee success.
When you have too many things in mind that could really deteriorate the overall result by not staying focused on only just a few things, and it could also lead to feeling stressed out. Studies also confirmed that having too many goals in both the personal and professional segments of our life could lead to inner conflicts. (2)
So with that, I have to say that if you want to pursue dreams in too many areas of your life make sure prioritize by highlighting:
- the 2 most important areas (preferably either in the professional or in the personal domain) of your life that you can’t stop thinking of
- if you have a big career and relationship dreams as well try to achieve the more challenging goals in just one area of these two and set only smaller plans in the other area
- the 3 most important things you have to do based on your long-term goals
- the 3 most important short-term goals you gotta achieve this year because those goals you just can’t procrastinate anymore
STEP 3: Putting your ideas in 1 or 2 words
After you have completed step 1 by paying attention to my comments in step 2 you are ready for step 3 which is creating two words for each idea.
Let’s take a few examples:
Example 1:
Your long-term goal is to become fit and healthy and hence your short-term goal is to lose 20 pounds this year.
In this case your words could be weight loss or successful weight loss.
Example 2
You want to have a serious relationship because your long-term goal is to have a family in the next few years.
In this case, your words could be: a romantic relationship, couples in love, or last but not least loving family to reminds yourself about your long-term goals
Example 3
If you want to start an online business then your words could be: online business, financial abundance, or working from home.
STEP 4: Looking for Images
The most important reason for STEP 3 is that with one or two words you can successfully find powerful images online that express your feelings regarding your goals.
With that, I summed up the purpose of STEP 4 which is finding the best images that you would include in your vision board for 2021.
Canva is a great tool to find images but there are also websites where you can find free and paid pictures by searching for those two words you created in STEP 3. The best websites for finding images are:
- pixabay (free)
- unsplash (free)
- or paid stock images at shutterstock.com
After you have found around at least 7-8 images that should be enough for creating a vision board.
And one more note: If there are pictures already of yourself that could express the goals you have in mind then definitely use them instead of someone else, because that is more powerful in terms of achieving your ideas.
STEP 5: CREATING YOUR VISION BOARD ONLINE
A great way to create your vision board online is through CANVA. Here are the steps of how to make a vision board in CANVA:
- Go on canva.com, click on create and design by using 2400*1800 custom dimensions.
- Add either of your downloaded or your free canva images to the board.
- Don’t forget to include some important words that express your goals in the board with the images.
Let me show you my vision board to give you an idea:
BONUS STEP:
- USE THIS IMAGE AS YOUR DESKTOP IMAGE
- OR TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE POWERFUL PRINT IT OUT AND HANG IT ON THE WALL OF YOUR LIVING ROOM!
So this was my summary on how to make a vision board to succeed with your personal goals in 2021.
I hope it was helpful and let me know in the comment below what your vision board looks like!
All my blessings for 2021!
Eszter
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