Research has shown that 38.5% of adults in the United States set New Year’s resolutions every single year, but only 9% of them successfully achieve them.

That’s a quite staggering statistic if you ask me, so as I was listing out my goals and plans for the year, I decided to implement something that allowed me to sum up my goals visually!

Insert a ✨ digital vision board✨

You’ve probably heard of a vision board before and you’ve possibly even made one. In fact, we all probably had this as an assignment in elementary school art class, we just didn’t realize what we were actually doing.

Old school vision boards were made by gluing magazine clippings to poster boards to create a visual representation of what we wanted our life to look like.

It could feature the style of clothes you want to wear, books you want to read, cars you want to drive, pretty homes you want to live in and much more. 

While those styles of vision boards can be fun, the digital vision board that I’m talking about has a bit more meaning to it and it serves as a snapshot visual reminder for what you want to achieve in the year ahead!

Too often, as humans we tend to think far into the future for our life or business and it can be difficult for us to get focused on the next few months. A digital vision board will help you dial down your dreams into very specific and focused goals so you can take action on the right things at the right time without feeling overwhelmed.

The real value is that you can have a peace of mind knowing you’re spending your time wisely and you’re making traction on what you want to achieve. 

Whether you’re reading this at the start of the new year, in the middle of Q1 or far beyond, you should know that it’s never too late to create your digital vision board. 

It can be the very thing that clears your mind from everything you want to do and help you organize those things into actionable goals that you can make real moves on instead of keeping everything bottled up inside as a “maybe someday” dream.

So wherever you find yourself, start there! Follow this quick exercise to bring your own digital vision board to life.

Categories for Your Digital Vision Board

Before you skip to the fun part of actually creating your digital vision board, you’ll want to define a few categories for your goals. 

Common categories include:

• Spiritual
• Health
• Financial
• Career / Business
• Family
• Relationships
• Marriage 
• Personal Growth

You can use all of these or pick and choose the ones that feel most aligned and important to you!

Questions to Ask To Create Your Digital Vision Board

Once you’ve defined the categories that you want to use for your digital vision board, it’s time to ask yourself some questions. This is a step you don’t want to rush through because it will really determine what your end goals are, so make sure you carve out the time to do this well.

You can add it into your morning routine and journal on the questions or you can block off time in your calendar to devote to this alone. 

• Where are you now for [insert category] and where do you want to be?
• Based on your answer above, what do you need to do for [insert category] to reach that desired destination?
• Who do you want to be?
• What experience do you want to have?
• What does your ideal work day/week look like?
• What are the things in your life currently that bring you the most joy? 
• What are the things in your life currently that bring you the most frustration?
• How do you want to feel when you wake up in the morning and put your head on your pillow at night?
• How do you want your friends and family to describe you? What can you do/change so that they do describe you that way?
• How do you want people that don’t know you to perceive you?

Those 10 questions can get the ball rolling for bringing your vision board to life. Your answers to those questions can help you create goals for the categories you’ve chosen!

Most of the time when setting goals, people start off very general and that’s okay, but when you make them specific you can get closer to achieving your goals because you know exactly what  needs to be done to get there!

So, once you have your generalized goals written, go back and make them specific by adding numbers, deadlines, etc. 

For example, if your general goal this year is to “make more money” you can make that specific by saying, “I want to make $5,000/month and in order to do that I need to sell 5 spots for my course each month.”

See the difference? The specific goal is way more clear and it helps you see what action you need to take to actually achieve the ultimate thing you want.

How to Bring Your Digital Vision Board to Life

Once you have your goals specifically defined for each category, it’s time for the fun part - bringing your digital vision board to life!

For this, I encourage you to use Canva as it will be the easiest way to create a montage of pictures that represent each of your goals. 

To make this extra easy for you, I’ve created a FREE TEMPLATE you can customize yourself!

Once you make a copy of the template, you can grab pictures from Google or use Canva’s internal photo feature to find images that give a visual representation of each of the goals that you defined.

For example, if doing pilates 3x per week is on your list, you could grab a picture of the pilates studio that you plan to attend. 

After gathering all of your images, you will add them to your Canva template and arrange them in a way that’s visually appealing for you! You can even add text that acts as labels so you can remind yourself of the specificities that go with each image.

What to do Once You've Created your Digital Vision Board

Once your digital vision board is created, it’s time to make sure you actually use it! You can print it off to hang on your fridge or in your bathroom or you can keep it digital and use it as your computer or phone background.

The KEY is that you’re putting it in a place where you can see it daily and you’re constantly reminding yourself what you want to achieve.

Too often we set our goals, but they become a subconscious thought that we don’t pay much attention to. A digital vision board helps you avoid just that!

Don’t let this be another year that you create a bunch of “maybe someday” dreams. Let it be the year that you make your dreams a reality. 👏🏼

P.S. If taking your brand or website up a notch is on your vision board, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME!