VISION BOARD ASSIGNMENT
WARNING: You will be graduating soon…time to think about what you want and where you want to be before your 10 year reunion.
The purpose: to set personal goals and describe your vision through pictures and words.
Why create a vision board:
- They are simple and powerful
- They keep you focused
- They create a clear image of what success looks like for you
What does a vision board do?
- Helps us to become very clear about what we want
- Makes your goals visible and keeps them in front of your eyes
- Allows you to choose your goals
- Reminds you of what you’re working for
- Keeps you positive
- Helps you to create purpose in life
Goal topics:
- Personal (weight, hair color, clothing, etc)
- Family (current relationships, marriage, children, etc)
- Career (part time job, full time job, career, owning your own business)
- Education (how far do you want to go?)
- Health (weight, fitness, longevity, etc)
- Wealth (debt-free, how much you want to earn per week, month, or year)
- Relationships (married, friendships, employee, employer, etc.)
- Emotions (how do you want to feel about yourself, your family, your children, your significant other, etc)
- Location (where do you want to live within each time frame or where would you like to vacation or what things would you like to see)
- Recreational activities (what do you do now, and what do you want to do later in your spare time)
STEPS:
- Brainstorm your goals for each time period (6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years) and LIST THEM—this will be taped to the back of your poster board
- Select pictures to describe/illustrate your above goals/dreams and place them on the poster board in a meaningful fashion (example: separate them on the board, creatively, by time frame or by topic).
- Your board should clearly show the topic and year you want to reach that goal. NOT ALL TOPICS must be listed in each year…but you should have a MINIMUM of 20 pictures and each topic and year must have SOMETHING listed for it.
- After completing the vision board, on a separate sheet of paper, explain how you plan on achieving each of the items you listed (briefly). (Ex: career: doctor: I plan on finishing my residency at Johns Hopkins by 2023.)
***DISCLAIMER: Each item pasted on the poster board MUST BE “APPROPRIATE”. Anything off-color will be dealt with in an APPROPRIATE manner. Please take this assignment seriously.