![Where To Buy Magazines For Your Vision Board Party [updated 2023]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57d0d23e579fb3d89aa6c53e/1530138639042-H0LBZSZTR3JYBWKCYKLN/StockSnap_5FGEKJTGDV.jpg)
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info.
Vision boards have gotten some great press lately. From giving you an opportunity to decide on what you want out of life and being a stellar way to visualize your future, vision boards have become a staple in goal-setting communities.
Of course, we must turn everything into a mimosa-and-wine-driven experience, including the way we set goals. Thus, the need for a vision board party.
I never believed I could build a vision board and my dreams would come true. I was pretty much born a cynic. I struggle to believe anything I can't physically see with my own eyes. (No one could verify this whole vision thing that's supposed to change your subconscious with cold, hard facts.)
I believed I'd create my own luck through hard work and perseverance. I didn't need some silly imaginary vision to be successful.
Then there was the quarter life crisis. (I didn't believe in that either, by the way, until it happened to me.)
I was struggling with my entire life...
After spending four years planning on going to medical school, one summer away from home at a medical program and one month in India shadowing doctors, I was rejected from every medical school I applied to.
Though I'd graduated from college with a 3.85 GPA, ran several clubs on campus and was highly active in the community during undergrad, no one would hire me.
Finally, I suffered the worst break up of my life (so far) which meant that I had to move out of my home and find a place to live... while losing my primary source of income... while losing the only future I planned on.
It felt like my world was crashing down around me and there was nothing I could do about it.
I started reading books. I started a blog or two. I started freelancing at nights and waitressing on the weekends.
It wasn't enough.
I started to accept that this was my life now. I couldn't save myself.
My girlfriend invited me to her Vision board party...
No matter how hard you try to hide it, you friends always know when you're struggling. (I could barely have a conversation without crying so I wasn't hiding anything. Everyone knew I was having a hard time.)
Luckily, I have amazing friends that want the best for me (and I'm sure you do, too). My friend invited me to a potluck-style vision board party where everyone brought in one dish and one bottle of wine.
I met several women her were farther along in their own personal journeys. (I think I was the youngest person in the room.) Over entirely too much wine, we swapped stories of struggle and triumph and dreams for the next 365 days.
Related: How To Successfully Host Your First Vision Board Party
What I really got out of that experience...
I was not alone.
Everyone struggles at some point in their life. Personal pain and failure is not a direction result of your age, how you grew up or your educational background.
We all feel it.
Life ebbs and flows.
Some women were making difficult life decisions. Others were hopeful that they'd find what they were looking for. Others, still were building empires.
At any point in life, I could become one of these women.
I, too, could turn my life around.
Before attending the vision board party, I struggled for so long I started to feel like this was going to be my life and it was about time I got used to it.
I stopped believing that I could change my life.
I didn't believe I was capable of making a big life change. I believed that the doors were shut. I screwed up too early. I was incapable.
Then, I talked to other women who'd been there, done that and lived to tell my story from a point of triumph. They encouraged me that my dreams were valid.
I, too, could succeed.
Related: 8 Mindset Shifts To Create Abundance (when all hope is lost)
I was worthy.
My self-esteem was severely lacking. (That part is obvious.)
I was so deeply depressed that I thought no one would want to talk to me. I was terrified anyone would ask me what I did for a living (my response would be "I fail for a living"). I never mentioned my school because it was a small liberal arts college no one's ever heard of.
I believed I was overall unworthy of friendship, mentorship or anyone's time.
In my head, I was a loser.
Not only were people excited to talk to me, they told me that I was worth more than I was giving myself credit for.
I was not unworthy. I was unaware of my worth.
I could choose.
Prior to that vision board party, I was letting every new tip, ad, or vision of success drive my actions.
If some online guru said they made a ton of money using social media or blogging, I tried it. I was willing to do anything and leaving my success completely up to whatever convoluted idea came my way.
After failing in my career, relationship and finances, I didn't trust in myself enough to choose what felt right for me.
Creating a vision board forced me to do what I hadn't done in over a year. I asked myself what I wanted to happen in my life next.
I did not have a fully developed goal, but I walked away from the party believing that I could choose something that aligned with my personality.
Here's What Happened the Following Year...
I got some of my peers together a few weeks later to complete my vision board. I wanted my friends to enjoy the shared experiences and crowd-sourcing of ideas that I felt at my first vision board party.
After replicating that feeling of inspiration and excitement about life with my friends, I wanted to have that feeling more often.
I created a local community group where women met monthly to share things we've learned, talk about goals and hold each other accountable.
I decided to figured out what I wanted out of my life.
I started taking online classes in anything that sounded remotely interesting.
I deeply pursued the coding.
I decided to go back to school.
By the end of that year, I started to see glimpses of what my life would become if I continued down this path. That was the year I found my passion. The following year, I cut my expenses, quit all my jobs and went to grad school fill time. The year after that I graduated with a job in my field, effectively tripling my income.
It all started with everything I learned at my first vision board party.
If you're wondering whether to host a vision board party this year, do it. Even if you feel like your life is going well right now, do it for a friend.
Want To Start Planning Your Vision Board Party?
Download the FREE vision board party planning checklist.
Craft your inspiring vision board workshop talk with our FREE High Impact Storytelling Journal Prompts.
Plan, promote & host your first (or next) professional & profitable vision board workshop with our signature course, Sold Out Vision Board Parties.
About the author
Cyrene is a fun and accomplished workshop facilitator, learning and development guru and Human Resources professional. Being at the helm of Thrive Lounge has been a long-time dream. Through vision board workshops she plans to accomplish two-way learning. Sharing her vast years of knowledge to motivate and encourage others; while simultaneously getting the reward of great energy, ideas and questions to ponder back from each group. A super win-win. Please join our Thrive Lounge community so you too can benefit!
