How to Put a Vision Board on Your Desktop

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I've been collaging vision boards for some years. A vision board (or treasure map) is a collage of images and words that represent the things you wish to attract into your life. Now, this usually involves cutting out images and text that inspire your goals from magazines and pasting them together in a collage.

Since living in the Seychelles, I don't have access to a lot of magazines (there simply aren't that many on the island), so when I came across the idea of Photoshopping Your Dreams: Visual Goal Setting, Goal Movies and Vision Boards by Clay at The Growing Life, I leapt at the idea. It has the added advantage of being ecologically pretty sound as well. I am thinking of the trees I've been helping to save since I am no longer surrounded by piles of paper...

It's also a lot of fun looking for images on the internet. When I was looking for a house to put in my vision board, I came across many really beautiful homes (and men!) that made me drool. I finally decided to put in a more modest beach house, because that is what I really want. I didn't choose a more modest man, because that's not what I really want...

Some things to remember when using a vision board:

• Be careful what you wish for; you might get it. If you want a beach house, don't put a condo on the page. If you want a gorgeous hunk, don't put in Woody Allen.
  
• Set your photoshopped vision board as your desktop. This way you'll see it many times during the day (if you spend as much time as I do on the computer that is).
• Review your treasure map every day. Spend time absorbing the images. See yourself experiencing what you desire with all your senses.

Above all, have fun with it and go create your life!

PS: Disclaimer: The head is me, the body is not.