Ready to start manifesting but have no idea where to start?
Seen everyone talking about vision boards on TikTok & decided it’s time to give it a go?
You’ll find everything you need about Vision Boards & how to make one that actually works.
In this blog:
What is a Vision Board?
Let’s start at the beginning: A Vision Board (or manifestation board) is a collection of images & quotes put together, digitally or physically, that represent your goals, desires, aspirations and things you want to manifest into your life. Remember how we used to make collages as a kid?
It’s the grown up version of that!
It’s all the things we’re working towards, stuck together in one place for us to repeatedly look at. Whether that’s a physical board we have in our room, our phone background, laptop wallpaper… It’s up to you!
How do they work?
A Vision Board is your anchor point. It’s there to be your consistent point of reference to what you’re manifesting and working towards. It’s easy on January 1st to know what you want to change, it’s easy on Sunday night to think “next week I will be different” but we wake up on Monday morning, groggy and in the same environment and make the same choices that got us here…
BUT
What if we wake up, immediately look at our Vision Board and feel inspired & re aligned with our goals. A vision board serves as a reminder to bring clarity to your thoughts, energy, intentions. It’s more than just sticking some photos up and waiting for things to happen, you have to work WITH your board.
How does this happen? In 2 ways:
1. In keeping us on track with our actions
By continually immersing yourself in your images, affirmations, and inspiring quotes, you enhance your capacity to shape the life you envision, not only in energy but with actions too! As constant reminder of who and what we want to be. It provides direction on your journey to becoming your best self. Looking at your board continually helps keep you on track with making the choices towards these goals.
Regularly visualising your goals reinforces positive thinking, inspiration and aligns your subconscious mind with your conscious one, increasing the likelihood of attracting experiences and opportunities into your life. The subconscious mind responds to repetition of images, feelings, and symbols, which is why this practice is so effective. Ultimately, the goal is to impact the subconscious mind to bring about changes in the physical world, allowing you to manifest your dreams and aspirations with greater ease and clarity.
2. In aligning with the energy of what’s on your board
One of the key elements of manifesting what we desire into our life is being in alignment with the energy/vibration of it.
The universe will provide us with what we are an energetic match for. You know those days where you’re like “everything is going wrong!” and then… more goes wrong? It’s because this is the energetic & vibrational state you are in and so you are served what is a match to that.
To call in our desires we must become an energetic match to have it. Having our Vision Board where we can continuously look at it we can tune ourselves & our energy to what’s on it. We can then feel what it is to have these things, be this person & get into the identity shift of that person we’re manifesting. We close the energetic gap. Focus on looking at it & getting excited, believing that it’s truly yours already, feeling how it would feel to have these things & go about your day as if you already do. The universe AND our subconscious don’t know the difference. So, convince yourself you ARE this person who has these things and soon enough your life will start to change in ways towards it!
How to make a Vision Board:
Now we know what they are and how they work… How do we make one?
1. Identify what it is you’re manifesting.
Get clear on what you’re manifesting. Remember it’s not just about ‘things’. Sit down & really envision the life you want to manifest. Some of it may be material (like moving house, or a car etc), maybe you want to manifest a better work life balance or your own business?
Or you could be wanting to manifest a change within yourself, like being more mindful or disciplined? Getting up earlier? Spending more time in spiritual practices, less phone time? Have a think about the things you want to embody as these go on there too – not just the material things.
2. Collect your photos, affirmations and quotes.
Now is the fun part! Trawl through Ointerest, Instagram, Google, Tiktok, etc and find all the images and quotes that inspire you or you feel connected to!
If you want to work on getting up earlier then find aesthetic photos of a clock that shows 5:30am, or someone working out in the gym, someone meditating if your goal is to be more mindful. Maybe you can find photos of influencers online you find inspiring or photos from the countries you’d like to travel to. You want to find photos you feel connected to & don’t forget Pinterest is full of motivational quotes and affirmations! See my 101 affirmations for manifesting here!
3. Digital or physical?
Or maybe both? Personally, I have a large cork board on my bedroom wall (Use command strips to stick it on the wall) and put all my chosen photos together & pack it to the brim with the physical prints once every few months or whenever I feel it needs a refresh.
Command strips:
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Board:
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I use Canva (it’s free!) & create a digital vision board on the 1st of every month for my phone background. This keeps me on track for my goals & freshly inspired each month with new content!
4. Stay in tune with it!
Now you’ve made your Vision Board & put it somewhere you can interact with it every day, make sure you do! Take some deep breaths and really tune in with the photos, get inspired, see and feel yourself in those photos, get excited, get pumped, get connected! (I stand in front of mine & connect to it whilst I’m doing my Gua Sha in the morning – habit stacking at it’s best!)
5. Don’t be afraid to make updates
If your board is feeling stagnant or you’re not connecting with what’s on there anymore, create a new one. Don’t be afraid to keep leveling up your vision and narrowing in on exactly what you’re manifesting!
