How to make a vision board
- Pick nine picturesNine is enough to cover a year, and it makes you choose.
- Use your own photographsTake them off your phone: a place you’ve been, a person, the thing you’re building.
- Write a few lines of your ownMake some of the nine short lines instead of pictures, like "Pay myself by June".
- Keep it in the book you open every dayIn the workspace, press Put this in a book. The board goes to the front of your journal as you arranged it, printed in colour.
Why a wall stops working
You stop noticing a picture you walk past every day.
Your photographs stay in your own browser. When you sign in, they’re copied to your account as well, so the board comes back on another computer.
What to put on your vision board
- A place you plan to be, in a photo you took.
- A person you want more time with.
- The work you’re doing, halfway through.
- A number you’re aiming at.
- Something you want to stop doing.
- One thing that’s only for fun.
Read it again halfway through the quarter
Open the board halfway through the quarter and notice which pictures you skip past. Leave those off the next one you make.
Questions people ask
Do vision boards work?
Picturing the win on its own can work against you. People who pictured a great week ahead felt less energy and got less done, in a 2011 study by Heather Barry Kappes and Gabriele Oettingen.
A board works harder beside a plan for what might stop you, and that’s what WOOP is for.
Can I make a digital vision board?
Yes. The board in the Astera workspace runs in your browser. You add photos from your phone or computer and move them around on screen.
Can I print my vision board?
Yes. The workspace prints it on your own printer. You can also put it at the front of an Astera journal, as in step four.