Vision & Goal Binder

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Okay, I’m going to do it. I’m going to make a vision and goal binder for me and my family. If you’re not familiar with this, it’s a sort of visual guide to help you think and visualize your goals in life and what you want. Yeah, it is along the lines of positive thinking and the Secret and all that self affirming sorts of mantra, but I do believe there is something to that all. Having a cheerful and positive demeanor is definitely a plus in life. If nothing else, most people would rather be around a happy positive person than someone who is all doom and gloom. And let’s face it, more good things happen when you’re part of the team, rather than part of the problem.

Well, a vision book is a great way to really solidify some of the things that you are aiming for in your life. It’s too easy to say, oh, for example, I’d like a farm. And then not really think and visiualize just what sort of farm. I mean, there are probably a hundred thousand variations on that vague theme. If pressed, you would find that my “farm” is really more like 3 to 5 acres, half wooded, with a little pasture area and a big garden and a place for the moby with a big old wrap around porch. Nice chicken coop and a place for my hammock. A few livestock animals, maybe a pony or two. Some goats. A mini cow. This would be heaven to me.

So, this is where the binder comes in. I want to divide it into various areas of my life. Here are my areas so far…

Moby Plans
Family Plans
Business Plans
Faith & Friendship
Emergency Preparedness
Livestock Plans
Gardening Plans
Crafting Plans
Kitchen/Cooking Plans
Green Ideas

The first page is going to be a collage of the things/goals I want to focus on. Something that sums up my ideas and plans quickly, so I can glance on it and see it in my mind and focus on these things. This “pie in the sky” sort of dreamy thing.

But after that visual page, I want to write some some goals, like now and soon and later and all that. Maybe like NOW and the next 6 months, a year, two years. I’ve never really done that before. I think about goals and things I’d like to do, but it’s always just in my head or maybe a little note in a journal. Nothing really concrete. No wonder it takes me a while to realize things that I want and need and all.

After some decent written plans for each area, I’m going to start “scrapbooking” some of the parts and pieces that go into making these goals a reality. It might be a printout of something important, or a business card of a wood burning stove company I like, or maybe a recipe for pickles or maybe the name of a local rain barrel maker. I want to start collecting these bits and pieces in one logical place. Something that when I need that bit of info, it’s there waiting for me.

It will definately take me a while and hopefully the binder is never finished. It should be something that takes a good long time. And one that will probably have some give and take in it. But I think it’s an exciting step forward to making some dreams come true. I know the garden section is going to be huge! I have so many ideas floating around in my head! I can not wait for it get a little warmer. It’s coming… soooooon….. spring will be here soon!

Here are some good links to people doing vision boards and books and binders! A lot of people talk about a vision board, like a poster that they can hang on their wall, etc., but I prefer the idea of a book, or a binder that can not only provide you with a visual representation of some of your ideas and goals, but also can storehouse the extras! But these links are some great ideas of people doing this and sharing what worked for them! Fun stuff!

http://www.43things.com/things/view/1145904/create-a-vision-board

http://christinekane.com/blog/how-to-make-a-vision-board/

http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-a-vision-board

http://www.oprah.com/community/message/110548

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About Mobymom

the banjo player for Deepwater Bluegrass, and the editor of BuckeyeBluegrass.com as well as the main graphic designer of the Westvon Publishing empire. She is a renaissance woman of many talents and has two lovely daughters and a rehab mobile home homestead to raise.

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