Birthday Vision Boards

As one fever goes down, the other child gets a fever. We are now on day 3, could be four…I lost track. The congestion, coughing , sneezing and fever turns me looney as I am up all throughout the night and day like a zombie. But I make it through. I must. I’m mom. After a week of this, I had to get out of the house so we drove to return library books. Exciting, I know 😉 Thank you drop off box for allowing me NOT to go inside but to conveniently drop down all forty returns. I did say 40. We read like crazy in this house. I’m sure the person waiting behind me thought I was crazy as well. Long story short, I had to get out of the car to walk to the drive-thru return slot. I had my recyclable bags and brought one out at a time. I did look at the guy sitting behind me. He looked confused. I smiled and grabbed another bag…carrying on!

Tomorrow is my big day of the year, my birthday. Have you heard me talk about it enough this week? I dunno, maybe I just like to celebrate myself but I really dig my birthday. I am very grateful and blessed for the 28 years that I have behind me and look forward to more. I finally have grasped around my head that I’m in control of my life and my destiny and now I just want to shine. I hear my girlfriends who say they are “bummed” they are turning thirty. I just don’t get it. We’re still young! Even fifty is young and dare I say, 60 is too. It’s all in your mind and how age is perceived. To me, I’m a hot, young twenties 😉 Just kidding…kind of. Maybe I can say that because I’m always the youngest of all my friends. They actually range from their thirties to forties. Or maybe it’s because I always want something more.

My fear in life would be that I sit around and do nothing. I go to work, I come home and that is it. No goals, no visions, no desires or dreams. That I wasn’t useful to anyone. That my help couldn’t be used in some way. Those are my fears. But then I think, if God blessed me to live happily on this Earth, it’s not by doing the same thing every day. It’s about challenges, it’s about growing. I want to experience all my inside desires and make this life a great one. So, I started making goals and writing down what I wanted to accomplish in my life. But on my birthday, I make a special goal chart if you will…a Birthday Vision Board.

A vision board is created so you can visually see your goals, dreams etc. for your future. It’s a visual reminder. Sometimes I make them into books or posters or shoe boxes…whatever you want. I host vision board classes so I make them quite often.  It’s where a group of people get together and we cut out pictures from magazines, cardboard, poster board, construction paper etc. of things we want to include on our board. I’ve seen weight loss boards, dream vacation boards, dream man boards…you name it. It’s about whatever you want it to be.

One of my “customers” if you will was battling anxiety and depression and made a love me board. It was the prettiest one I have ever seen. Made with glitter, hearts, ribbons and bows. It was beautiful.

The one I’m about to show you was created from my mom’s Valentine’s Day party. She hung big hearts from the ceiling and had beautiful red lights hanging in the window. It was a true V-day LOVE ME kind of party. The six of us chatted while we created our boards.

I had no intention on going to this party but called my mom on the way to the grocery store. She said, “Aren’t you coming over for the party?” I couldn’t tell her that I choose grocery shopping over a party I forgot! So after twenty minutes of driving, I turned around and went back to her house.

I’m entirely happy that I stopped by and was able to create my book with a lovely group of beautiful women.

So there you have it. One of my many vision boards. My BVB is a poster and hung in a place I can see daily. I come up with the accomplishments that I would like to achieve in my personal world and cut out the pics. It helps me stay focus and remember where I want to be and how to grow.

As I mentioned, I am happy to have my birthday tomorrow. I am blessed to live another year. I really enjoy celebrating my life and just being here on Earth. I’m going to continue my celebration with a 5k in the am and then lunch with lots of family. Oh yeah, and I got an early birthday present…

Thanks to my hubby, some awesome Brooks shoes. I’m loving them!

Well, I hate to say this, but you’ll see one more post about my big day and then I’m done. It’s just really cool to live life.