My vision board has helped me invite so many new experiences into my life. I wanted to write about it today because I updated it on Sunday. This is my third vision board, and while it is not something I look at every day, it is there on my wall, to remind me of what I am working towards, and see how far I have come. A glance sideways while I am getting ready if you like, it is always there in the corner of my eye and beneath me while I am sleeping. A few years ago, I sat in my school friend, author and coach, Rebecca Campbell’s workshop. She urged me to write down 10 things I would do if I was not afraid. So I did, and then started a board with it.
My list on that day, at the beginning of 2014, when I had five seconds to write what I wanted to do without hesitation, looked like this.
- Live in Thailand
- Start a Blog
- Get another cat
- Enter an ironman
- Write more
- Do more art
- Start own business
- Move to another country for a year
- Volunteer overseas
- Jump off something high
Today, the same list looks like this
- Live in Thailand
Start a BlogGet another cat- Enter an ironman
Write more- Do more art
Start own business- Move to another country for a year
- Volunteer overseas
- Jump off something high
Reflecting on this board which has been up for 12 months, I have done a lot of stuff without actually planning. This is what my board looked like back then. I had images of travel experiences I wanted to write about, growing old with The Ginger Hunk, bloggers I admire, statistics I wanted to break, a children’s book , another cat and my business card.
Since that time, I’ve ticked off a lot of stuff I had on my vision board, and replaced it with my OWN shit. Not imagined shit anymore. Yoga in Bali. Hitting 3,000 readers. A freelance trip to Bali with my own fancy villa. Another cat. Stuff I dreamed about.
When it was time to update the board I brought the things I had been ignoring front and centre. The children’s book is calling me to get it out there loud and clear. I need to work on my self- belief and the barriers I’m putting up around myself to getting this done. I want to be in Conde’ Nast Traveller with The Ginger Hunk, and more than anything I want him to be healthy. My list is still there. I’m not sure about living in Thailand, but I know I want to spend more time in Asia and that is what the bangles represent. The girl running represents my trail run, and the couple on the top, health and love. I’ve taken all the bloggers off because I no longer want to compare myself to other bloggers. Back when I started I wanted to be Mrs Woog or Edenland. Both bloggers I love the shit out of and admire just as much. But I am not them, I am me, so why try and be something I am not? So this blog will remain what it is, me. A mixed bag of life, travel, cats and musings. It exists because I feel suffocated if I can’t get the words out, and if you get something from it then that is awesome. Let’s see where I can get with the new vision in 12 months or so!
Do you have a vision board?
Think it works, or airy fairy?
Ashleigh XXX
