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Visual + Action…Board
BY GRETCHEN FOGELSTROM
Next Saturday I am getting together with friends and we are
planning on creating Vision Boards.
So in preparation, as I have not done this before, I thought it would
be interesting to learn more about the psychology of this act and
what others are saying out there.
This morning I have been doing a bit of research and it seems that
ONLY visualizing, dreaming, and thinking positive thoughts may
actually lull us into non-doing, sitting back and waiting…taking the
easy road, all to find that we are still dreaming of what we want
rather than achieving the outcome we envision.
Digging a bit deeper I also found that taking action without having a
goal, the big dream, or a vision of what the result will be is also a
detriment to getting what or where we want to be as we are not
focused.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been slowly reading through
“The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I have found it very
inspiring, even though my life and circumstances are quite different
from her’s. I too feel happy but want to be happier. In “The
Happiness Project”, she outlines how making specific, small tasks a
regular habit is very important. From getting in at least 30 minutes a
day with your heart-rate elevated to a 10 minute nightly “tidy” up of
the house – whatever works for you of course, but the focus is on the
small. Small things that make a big difference de-cluttering your
mind and energizing your body… more happiness. I like this way of
thinking as I can implement my list more easily. Having the big
goal of losing 20lbs is, well, depressing. But getting my heart-rate
up for 30 minutes a day is doable.

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