With the spirit of 2019 already in full bloom, me, like every other basic bish female in their early-mid 20’s “fresh out of college” transitioning into real adulting, wanted to create a vision board.
Needless to say, I was skeptical.
Vision boards are super millennial and look like a lot of fun. You can get really creative, use poster board, a canvas, card stock, whatever. It can be big or small. It really is just a form of self-expression while mapping out what you want your year to look like. Sounds great right?
Well, it got really complicated for me real fucking quick. First of all, what happened in 2017?! Cant move forward without some active retrospection and acceptance. What were some successes? What needs to stay in 2017? This was a cluster fuck for me because A LOT OF SHIT HAPPENED in 2017.
Don’t get me wrong, a lot of amazing shit happened. I traveled all over Europe (7 different countries, at least 15 cities), lived in three different countries (Greece, America, Iceland), and had an amazing summer job back home in America, traveling and coaching led me to travel to 5 different states.
On the other hand, there were definitely a handful of not so great, scary, lonely, frustrating moments; living mostly abroad, so far away from family and not really knowing wtf is going on most of the time. In addition, I’ve had some short comings, “failures”, not-so-confident moments weaved in and throughout 2017.
So then, after all that mumbo jumbo got all sorted out in my brain, I could finally look forward to 2k18. Here comes more complication. I started off by asking myself, a few questions:
1. What gave me the most purpose and satisfaction in 2017? Was it basketball? Traveling? Coaching?
2. What would I want to change?
3.What was holding me back from being the best I can be?
Finally, I came to the conclusion that my 2018 will be full of adventure and unknown. I will spend the summer traveling, learning about and exploring different cultures. I will express myself freely and authentically; how I please, where I please, with whom I please, with no regard for other's perception of me or my life. And most importantly, 2018 will be a manifestation of my ideas and my ambitions will finally be brought to life.
All in all, I thought that making this dream board would just be a fun, hipster activity to do with my girlfriends over some cheap wine. However, after putting real thought into illustrating what 2018 should "look like", it came to be a very worth-while and informative experience. I would definitely recommend.
Here's what mine looked like:
I focused on me being the focal point of 2018. I also focused on powerful and influential females that I would like to emulate like Pink, Issa Rae, Jessamyn Stanley and other interesting photos of females boxing, modeling and doing whatever tf they want, making things happen. I want 2018 to be all about not staying in my lane, saying and doing what I want without regarding how people might think about me. No regrets. Let's freaking go.
P.S. Sorry in advance grandma for the cursing :) I love you!
