Vision Board: Mapping Your Goals
2009 is almost upon us and many people have already started drafting their New Year resolutions. Whether it’s losing weight or getting a raise or promotion, everyone has goals they want to achieve. Creating a vision or dream board can help identify and clarify your goals. Using a vision board to focus on your goals is a simple technique to help you achieve them.
A vision or dream board is a visual representation or collage of the things that you want to become or do in your life. It is a simple, yet powerful, tool that activates the law of attraction to begin manifesting your dreams into reality. The idea is that when you surround yourself with images of what you want out of life, your life changes to match those images and desires.
The idea of the vision board has been around for decades, but interest in the concept was renewed after talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey acknowledged that she collected pictures and created a vision board showing Illinois Senator Barack Obama winning the Presidential election.
A vision board is typically a large poster board with a collage of images, drawings, and/or writings pasted on it. By selecting pictures and writings that you are passionate about, you will begin to manifest those things into your life. Vision boards make your goals visible and remind you of what you are working towards. They also allow you to choose your purpose in life.
Before you create your vision board, sit quietly and ask yourself what it is you really want. With a clear vision in mind, turn on some soft music and begin creating your vision board.
Creating Your Vision Board:
Supplies Needed:
1. Poster board or foam core board
2. A large assortment of magazines (If you don’t have any, ask your friends, family, dentist or doctor for old copies)
3. Scissors
4. Glue stick or rubber cement
Step 1: Compile your pictures. Go through your stack of magazines and cut out images relevant to your goals. Don’t glue yet. Simply select images, phrases, and headlines that excite you at the mere sight of them.
Step 2: Sort the images. Sort through the pile of images and select the ones that have the deepest emotional impact.
Step 3: Arrange and paste. Paste a radiant picture of yourself in the center of the board. Arrange and glue your images creatively on your board. Feel free to paint or draw on it with markers if you want. Leave room to affix two labels on the bottom of board that read: “Date created: ___________” and “Date Manifested: ___________.”
Step 4: Hang. Hang your completed vision board in a strategic location such as an office or bedroom; somewhere you will see it often. This will keep your goals in front of your eyes.
When creating your vision board, it is important that you not only create it, but actually use it! Don’t just look at the pictures on your vision board, take a minute and really FEEL the images. Think of what it will feel like when the pictures on your vision board actually become part of your life. FEELING is what makes vision boards work.
Vision boards are inexpensive to make, but their potential value to you is immeasurable. With the new year upon us, I encourage you to take the time to figure out what you want in your life and then create a vision board to help turn your dreams into reality.
To quote Mark Victor Hansen, co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, “By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be.”
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Recipes featured in new KCTS Channel 9 Cookbook
I am pleased to announce that four potato-based recipes are featured in the new Channel 9 cookbook, KCTS Cooks Potatoes. KCTS Channel 9 is the PBS-affiliate in Seattle. All proceeds will support public broadcasting. http://www.channel9store.com/prodinfo.asp?number=359010
For more fun and healthy recipes, check out my Yummy to the Tummy Family Table Cookbook. This book contains delicious recipes that are great not only for the amateur cook, but also the person who wants to make a quick, yet tasty, meal. http://www.kimberlyharden.com
For more fun and healthy recipes, check out my Yummy to the Tummy Family Table Cookbook. This book contains delicious recipes that are great not only for the amateur cook, but also the person who wants to make a quick, yet tasty, meal. http://www.kimberlyharden.com
The Reason for the Season!
The Reason for the Season!
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;
O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
Christmas 2008 is upon us and as we send greeting cards and purchase gifts for our family and friends, it is important that we remember the real meaning of the holiday.
The holiday season is full of symbols and icons such as Santa Claus, snowmen, decorated wreaths and brightly lit, garland-laced trees. Most Christmas songs are about winter wonderlands, jingling bells or the fictitious “Jolly Old St. Nick.” Very few Christmas songs, however, acknowledge and pay tribute to the reason for the season—Jesus Christ.
Nowadays, Christmas is equated to gift giving and receiving. Seeing how the wise men are said to have visited Jesus after his birth bearing gifts, gift giving is not a bad thing. Unfortunately, Americans are bombarded with advertisements that largely say people are only happy when they are exchanging presents. I believe the true meaning of Christmas is a celebration of the love we have for Christ and for our family and friends and to offer up thanksgiving in the form of prayer.
With so much chaos in the world (natural disasters, economic woes, etc.), Christmas should be the season of love and goodwill towards all of mankind.
Here are a few things you can do to renew your Christmas spirit:
Express your love
Giving a gift doesn’t necessarily tell someone how much you love and appreciate them. If you love them, tell them! Express your love by telling each family member and friend how blessed you are to have them and how they made a difference in your life. If you have a hard time verbalizing your feelings, write them a “love letter” and drop it in the mail in time for them to receive it before Christmas.
Reflect
Who says you have to wait until January to reflect back on the previous year or even your entire life? Christmas is a great time to look back at the highs and lows of the year and give thanks for EVERYTHING. One of my favorite quotes is from the movie The Color Purple in which Celie says, “I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here.” No matter how difficult life is, be grateful that you’re still here!
Put your money to better use
Rather than spending a fortune, buy inexpensive gifts (inexpensive, not cheap!). Most department stores have an in-store clearance section and an online section as well. JCPenney (www.jcp.com), Macy’s (www.macys.com) and Nordstrom (www.nordstrom.com) all have links to clearance items tucked away in the sales section of their websites. Many stores offer free shipping (either with a discount code or minimum purchase) and Wal-Mart offers an express site to store service which allows you to purchase an item online and have it shipped directly to the store free-of-charge. If you don’t like the bidding wars on eBay, check out Half.com, eBay’s fixed-price subsidiary. You can purchase books, movies, music, and video games, both new and used, at deep discounts. Donate the money you saved on gifts to your favorite charitable organization.
To quote author Gladys Taber, “Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.”
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;
O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
Christmas 2008 is upon us and as we send greeting cards and purchase gifts for our family and friends, it is important that we remember the real meaning of the holiday.
The holiday season is full of symbols and icons such as Santa Claus, snowmen, decorated wreaths and brightly lit, garland-laced trees. Most Christmas songs are about winter wonderlands, jingling bells or the fictitious “Jolly Old St. Nick.” Very few Christmas songs, however, acknowledge and pay tribute to the reason for the season—Jesus Christ.
Nowadays, Christmas is equated to gift giving and receiving. Seeing how the wise men are said to have visited Jesus after his birth bearing gifts, gift giving is not a bad thing. Unfortunately, Americans are bombarded with advertisements that largely say people are only happy when they are exchanging presents. I believe the true meaning of Christmas is a celebration of the love we have for Christ and for our family and friends and to offer up thanksgiving in the form of prayer.
With so much chaos in the world (natural disasters, economic woes, etc.), Christmas should be the season of love and goodwill towards all of mankind.
Here are a few things you can do to renew your Christmas spirit:
Express your love
Giving a gift doesn’t necessarily tell someone how much you love and appreciate them. If you love them, tell them! Express your love by telling each family member and friend how blessed you are to have them and how they made a difference in your life. If you have a hard time verbalizing your feelings, write them a “love letter” and drop it in the mail in time for them to receive it before Christmas.
Reflect
Who says you have to wait until January to reflect back on the previous year or even your entire life? Christmas is a great time to look back at the highs and lows of the year and give thanks for EVERYTHING. One of my favorite quotes is from the movie The Color Purple in which Celie says, “I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here.” No matter how difficult life is, be grateful that you’re still here!
Put your money to better use
Rather than spending a fortune, buy inexpensive gifts (inexpensive, not cheap!). Most department stores have an in-store clearance section and an online section as well. JCPenney (www.jcp.com), Macy’s (www.macys.com) and Nordstrom (www.nordstrom.com) all have links to clearance items tucked away in the sales section of their websites. Many stores offer free shipping (either with a discount code or minimum purchase) and Wal-Mart offers an express site to store service which allows you to purchase an item online and have it shipped directly to the store free-of-charge. If you don’t like the bidding wars on eBay, check out Half.com, eBay’s fixed-price subsidiary. You can purchase books, movies, music, and video games, both new and used, at deep discounts. Donate the money you saved on gifts to your favorite charitable organization.
To quote author Gladys Taber, “Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.”
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