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Why do this?

A couple of reasons:

First of all, it keeps your mind on the goal, not on how you're going to get there. You have a visual reference for your destination. Sort of like the Washington Monument if you were driving to D.C.

Second, it gives you something to do so you aren't tinkering with the directions on your GPS.

Look at your vision board every day. Allow your thoughts to wander when you do. That's it.

There are other tools you can bring into play:

Institute a personal Hour of Power. This is an hour that you dedicate to yourself every day. You can't say you don't have the time - because if you do, you've just pulled over to the side of the road and delayed your arrival. You don't have to get up an hour earlier or go to bed an hour later.

This is how the Hour of Power works:

Find 3 things you can do for personal fulfillment every day. For example, read a book - get on the treadmill and meditate. Devote 20 minutes a day to each of those practices. You don't have to do them all at once. Take a 20 minute walk at lunchtime. Read for 20 minutes after dinner. Meditate first thing in the morning or last thing at night.

Why do these things?

Again, they support your goal, but indirectly. You are making yourself a better person - the person who lives in peace with her sister. You're also taking up time that your mind would be trying to solve, solve, solve that problem - with leggo.

There are a few more stops we need to make on Metaphor Lane, so let's take a look:

It's not simple to do this. Our minds are used to being in charge and will exert almighty pressure to wrest back control of the car. It's easy to fall back into that mode - in fact, sometimes it's welcome because it's the devil we know...and this new plan, well, there are days it will just seem crazy.

Do you ever argue with your GPS? Does the GPS lady raise your blood pressure when she's calmly telling you to drive in a direction you don't want to? The GPS in our car can make mistakes, but the GPS in our souls cannot.