The Modern Vision Board
Creatives tend to maintain visual sources of motivation and I'm no exception to that practice. Only, mine isn't the same as what I had up on the wall in the early '90s--images cut from magazines, words, and photos, arranged on a poster board, collage-style. For about a decade, I've been making good use of the "screen saver" function on my computer. I have a folder of photos called INTENTION, and only the most inspiring, lovely, "I want to invite THIS into my life" type images live there. My future house, our future puppy, my gorgeous stepson laughing, us toasting a new venture with our favorite champagne, my time at WriteGirl, me autographing a book, a student holding an Emmy... all good stuff. And I set the "screen saver" to create a slide show out of the images in that folder, whenever I'm idle for a few minutes. I'm on a stressful phone call? I'm breathing easy as a parade of blissful images float in front of me at my desk. I even keep the intention folder on my handheld gadget, so I can flip through it when I need a reminder of where we're headed. Try it! The modern vision board!
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