Vision boards have become a trend recently. The idea of creating a visual to keep you on track isn’t new at all, but, recently, more and more people are having, going to, or hearing about vision board parties. I’ve created vision boards before, but, honestly, I didn’t really take “vision boarding” that seriously. It was more of an arts and crafts opportunity. I don’t think I really accomplished much of what I wanted to in 2016 — not necessarily because I didn’t try, but because I didn’t take the goal setting process seriously. I was doing all of this “work”, and coming up with all of these ideas, but I had no end game (Scandal reference lol). I didn’t have a plan for what I was working toward; just random ideas. Some of that comes from being creative. My mind is constantly going and I come up with all of these ideas, but all these ideas don’t really do any good without some structure. Continue reading “Get on Board”
Month: January 2017
2017: It’s Okay, You Can Start Over Tomorrow.
Okay, is it just me or has 2017 felt the same as 2016? A few weeks ago, as I counted down the last 10 seconds of 2016, I was so excited about 2017. Then, January 1st went by and, before I knew it, I was two weeks into 2017 and it was looking like: “New year, same me”. I have no idea how I let two weeks of the new year get away from me. I had no motivation to do anything. My attitude for 2017 has been so nonchalant, uncaring, unbothered, removed, and any other word you can think of to say “I just did not care”. I don’t know if it was the weather, being overwhelmed from trying to get my life together, or anxiety about the upcoming semester, but I was just not for 2017, at all.
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