Vision Board

At the beginning of this year I set myself the task to become a completely different person by the end of the year. I followed this method set by Devin Nash, writing 3 sets of goals. "Business", "Relationship", "Fitness". Within each of these goals I wrote one BIG goal. A goal that if I achieved it; I would be a completely different person. These goals needed to feel almost out of reach. My intention was to be shocked if I could even achieve one of these goals. I have pictured my goals here

Under my big goal, I wrote two MTG (Medium term goals) that are check ins throughout the year, the idea is that I can refer to these every 3-6 months and track where I am in terms of progresss. , if I am not on progress, I can reconsider the goal or work harder. Finally I wrote my daily standards. What are the things I will do every, single, day. These are all revolving around my goals, and aim to make my goals as bite sized as possible. I should feel silly if I do not achieve these in a day. They are as easy as possible, so that if I am tired after a long day at work, I can still make these happen.

I wanted one of my BIG goals to be my theme for the year. I have 3 BIG goals, 50k annual business revenue, learn Italian and hit 14% bodyfat. I chose fitness as my theme. I have been blindly pursuing fitness this year and I have just hit 13% body fat. I am committed to riding my bike and training calisthenics. This has become my obsession and shaped my identity. Seeing this shift in identity and personality in real time has been an extreme mental unlock for me. I believe this is partially aided by the fact I can see my body physically changing as well as my mentality shifting. I am taking an active role in molding the person I will become and in return my daily actions are making me become that person. Since I have hit my fitness goal so early I am left with a decision. Do I continue to follow my theme of fitness? Or do I aim to make the other goals a reality. I don't think there is a correct answer, and instead I searched within myself. I have found myself really enjoying this pursuit of fitness and so I have committed myself to pushing myself. Seeing just how far I can go in a single year if I devote myself to my health and wellbeing. I want to see my physical limit.

On the front of my vision board I have written the identities I wish to adopt and live. I placed images of heroes that I believe I want to walk in the steps of. This was really foreign to me, searching internally for anima and symbols that resonate with me. Similar to how writing my goals and adopting daily standards has shaped me in real time. These photos have manifested and guide me to be a better person every single day. This board sits above my computer at work. I have to look at it everyday. I think this practice has been so impactful in my life, that I encourage everyone to try this at least once. I believe if I had made this board and never looked at it, it would still have a positive change in my life. As I continue to find new inspirations in my life. I add them to the board. Much like myself, the board grows and changes. I did not intentionally leave blank space on the board. But adding inspirations to the board has quickly become my favorite part of this process.

Finally, I have always been a rather reserved in my goals. Fear of failure has crushed many of my pursuits, this vision board is in a public space. It initially terrified me that my goals, dreams, aspirations and heroes were on display. Especially in my workplace, these are not my close family or friends, these are acquaintances and when clients visit my studio, they are not far from strangers. My fears were unfounded. The vision board is an amazing conversation tool. It gives visitors something to relate to and understand me. It gives them insight into who I am and in turn they feel a desire to share something that is important to them. Some amazing spiritual and beautiful conversations have come from this board. I am glad I did not succumb to my fear. Part of me sharing this now online is because I have been so profoundly changed by this board and hope that more conversations will come from it. At the very least I would love others to try making their own boards as I think openly discussing how amazing you want to become is just a great way to encourage others around you.