Creating a vision board can feel awkward or woo-woo for some people which is completely understandable. The thought of doing an arts and crafts project of cutting out pictures of materialistic items and hoping the universe magically provides them sans any effort is absurd. Not gonna work. However, it’s great to know what you want in your life and the first stop in creating that life is by being grateful for everything in your life. Yep, this means the yucky parts too. Creating a reflective vision board of your achievements and experiences will be an effective gateway to creating one for future goals.

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One shift opens the universal door for the next thing to naturally fall into place. You may have heard the phrase “act as if” in order to manifest what you desire. This is that! The next step is creating a plan starting from right where you are and commit to one action that you can do now that will lead to the ultimate goal. For example, if you want a particular car that is not in your current budget, go test drive that car. (Nothing too exotic since you’d need to put up cash as collateral for a test drive.) Then, when it comes to purchasing your next car, choose something in your budget that has a similar body style in the color of your dream car. This simple mini act will put you in alignment with your big picture. Focus on one goal at a time and watch how the others naturally follow. Be open and practice patience each day and you’ll be amazed by this time next year when you’re reflecting upon this very moment. Who knows, you may become a manifesting pro and find yourself cutting, pasting or Pinterest-ing all your desires. Haaa

Achievements large and small are deserving of acknowledgement. Today is for creating a timeline of events from as far back as you can remember consisting of new experiences, achievements, promotions, awards and tough lessons learned through major losses. The lessons through losses are probably the most ingrained memories since the ego and confidence took a hit before they were ever realized. You are granted permission to spend some time on self recognition for the events or moments you’re proud of surviving. If it helps, make a rough list of anything that comes to mind and put a year or age next to it to get started. Take a few days as it may take that long for memories to surface. Once you’re content with the list of achievements and experiences, put them in chronological order. Save the list and revisit it in those difficult moments so you can see how far you’ve come and then add this one to the list. Maybe this is the push or hard shove you needed to write that memoir you’ve been mentally writing for years. Cheers to you and all you’ve grown through in your life, keep going.

For a lighthearted read about life lessons, check out “Little Joni’s Life Lesson,” by Joni Myers, available on Amazon. Hint, if you’re from the east coast you can try and guess where Joni grew up from the various “clues” throughout the book. This is a great book to add to your summer reading list that will have you laughing on the beach.

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