Vision Board

The week of July 13th to 17th 2009 I attended a workshop at the request of my employer. I had no idea what it was about, turns out it was one of those "personal growth" workshops. On the first day I was thinking "Oh dear God, you're kidding me." But then I watched one of the women sitting near by resisting every work, every activity and thought "I don't want to be that woman". And then I hit something that I didn't realize was still holding me back so much.

From that point on I went through each activity with an open mind and an open heart. The same message was present each day.

Balance. Mental Balance, Emotional Balance, Physical Balance. I could use some balance in my life. It was also about keeping the past out of the present and the future. We worked through the past, learned how to be present in the present, and how to look towards the future with out limitations.

So this entry is about my idea for balancing my future. In creating my vision board (a college of goals) I tried to use the balance model and put goals for myself in the middle

Middle: Balance, Relax, Confidence, Trust your instincts...

And surrounded myself with the things I wanted in my life. There was a quadrant for travel, a quadrant for career and education, a quadrant for my romantic relationships, and a quadrant for health.

Travel took up a full half, and I've decided to let it. Career and education took up a quarter. Relationships and health shared the last quarter, not because they're less of a priority but because I'm farther along in those areas.

So after creating this beautiful board and trying to let myself believe that I can have those things, and am allowed to want those things I started to think "how to I get there"?

How do I get my Masters, travel the world, and maintain a relationship that requires me to stay in Port Alberni?

Suddenly, tonight over dinner I came up with the answer.