Journaling Tips Tuesday: envision

Keeping a journal can be so helpful towards attaining goals because it allows us to reflect, adjust, and plan accordingly.  The beginning of the new year is the perfect time to sit with your journal and envision what you would like from the year ahead.  Write that vision down even if it seems far-fetched.  The first step to attaining any dream is to actually dream it.

Maybe you want to finally take that dream vacation- where is it, what will you be doing, how will you be feeling?

Maybe you want to finally clear out a neglected room and make it your dream studio, or mediation room, or playroom or…. – what does it look like, what will you be doing in there, how will you feel when it’s done?

Maybe your goal is to feel healthier- how will you feel, what does “healthier” actually mean?

After envisioning your dream/goal, you may want to try listing steps on how to make that happen.  Taking baby steps is much easier than a full long leap.  And you will feel more accomplished.

You can use your journal as a tool to work things out.  By writing it down, abstract thoughts and ideas take on a reality.  By breaking it down into little steps, we may actually achieve our goal. Or we can learn that maybe the goal needs to be re-evaluated.

Visualize what you want to do before you do it. Visualization is so powerful that when you know what you want, you will get it. :::Audrey Flack:::

For those of you who are more visually oriented:

Do this same journal entry with images.  Tear out images from magazines that may encompass your dream.  Glue it down in your journal.  Or cut out words that capture what you want or that express your feelings.

Here are some examples from a journal I had several years ago when I was envisioning taking the creative path in life.

a collage of different artist’s studios collected from magazines

A dream studio found in a magazine. I intended to fill all the space around the photo with words/phrases that had special meaning for my life at that point. Or words/phrases of things that I wanted in my life.

a designer’s studio and a quote from the article

A coil bound journal like the one used in the above spreads are available in the amanobooks clearance section.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 8:40 pm.