vision board party!

Thanks to one of the HED class members, I now have decided that a vision board party is defo needed at my house!  My roommate and I are going to plan one for our friends at the end of February.  My student leaders at West and Poly campus are going to use this idea as an in-hall evening program too!  We have done these in the past with the Success Coaching students, but in a 1-1 coaching session....I think the idea of doing them in a group forces you to articulate in many different ways what you want and the steps you're going to take to get it.  If you're alone, who's going to ask you "what's that mean?", "why did you put that on there?"....the group vision board party is such an amazing idea!
As individuals, this will help us take steps toward our goals consciously, and eventually sub-consciously - since we will place the board in an obvious place that will nab many glances everyday.
I'm reading "The Secret" and it speaks of vision boards and how they really do work to help students/parents/professionals/anyone reach their goals.  The part that I believe to only be slightly true is when the author states that you don't have to worry about HOW your goals will be reached, that that is the universes job.  Meh, I think that the universe gives us what we want if we really believe in it, see ourselves doing it, and give it our all...so by putting together a vision board, actively looking at it, thinking about having those things in our lives, we can achieve those things.  I don't think it's all up to the universe.  If you make a vision board, just leave it in your room, never think more about it, find it later, realize none of it happened, I'm not going to be surprised. I have met sooooo many people in this world who say one thing, then do another.  It's annoying.  For example: "Man I really want to get rid of this belly fat."...I say, don't have a latte and a chocolate doughnut for breakfast everyday then.  Or, "Yeah, I really want to be an anesthesiologist when I get done with school"...Ok, you probably don't want to skip your bio exams for the entire first half of the semester and you should probably think about going to chem"....Here's another good one..."We get so many bills! I'm never going to have the money to pay all of them on time."....And here's my thoughts on that...how much does a pack of cigs cost? what about that fancy dinner you had? or that new dress, how much was that? oh and the beer?....you see my point??

Basically, the vision board is a reminder of why you stay focused until you get what you want.
Your actions today, lead you to tomorrow.
Make each moment worth your time.

BYEEEEE!
Sarah