Creating a dream board, also known as a vision board, is a great way to “see” your goals. My first vision board was made 20 years ago as a class project. The assignment was to make a collage of my life. Being more practical than creative, I made a spiral bound book. It included a short biography, pictures, quotes and cartoons that seemed appropriate at that point in my life. Along with it, I made a crock pot full of stuffed cabbage. Cooking and entertaining was a big part of my life back then. Together they incorporated my life history, my emotions and my goals.

Now I realize I’ve had vision boards all along – Some very informal.  For years, I’ve had two $1,000,000 bills on my desk.  They are both in stand up frames and look real – Except one is much larger.  I’ve also done a slide show vision board as a screen saver.

Windows gave me the opportunity to post pictures of my dreams and goals right on my desktop. I change the pictures frequently, alternating among landscapes that I love, holiday themes, photos, motivational messages and things I want to attract into my life.

A while back, I found a free vision board website and created one there that I was able to save.  The site had some images and text, but it was very limited.  You can see mine here.

I know dream boards work. My brother used to live on the 2nd floor of an apartment building in south Florida. It was short term – Just a few years. Out the back was a view of the golf course and very scenic. But, his office was the 2nd bedroom that faced the parking lot.

So, instead of looking out the window at the asphalt and parked cars, he bought and framed a postcard of the beach. That’s what he saw day in and day out.

Weeks after he and his wife moved into their high rise condo, he was unpacking the rest of his office things. When he found the framed postcard, he did a double take.

His new office was still the 2nd bedroom, but the view out the wall-to-wall windows was the EXACT view in the postcard – Including the building next door and the jetty into the water.

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Oprah Winfrey has just added a dream board to her website.  You need to register – It’s free.  Then, you can create a dream board, using the images on the site.  Add text and upload your own images.  It can be saved, shared, emailed and printed.  Thanks, Oprah.  It’s the best, free dream board site I’ve seen.

Here’s my latest dream board . . .

Marilyn Kvasnok's Dream Board - May 10, 2010

I saved my dream board as a .jpg file.  It’s now wallpaper on my desktop, so  I see it off and on, all day long.

What does your dream board look like?

PS: Continued at Dream Board – Part 2