It has been said that most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a lifetime. I find this runs perfectly true for my experience in practice. So often people come in and tell me all of their big plans about how they are going to change their diet, exercise more, start thinking positively and give up smoking.... all this week! Whilst I am always supportive and encouraging I also try and help them make their goals more realistic and encourage them to make some longer term goals. On the other hand when it comes to really big long term goals and dreams, far too many people dismiss them as impossibilities because they can't see how they could ever get there.
The truth is you don't need to be able to see how you are going to get there, and you certainly don't need to get there this week! In fact you may never get there, but that doesn't mean they're not great goals. You see, true health is a journey not a destination, and you have the rest of your life to get there.
You do need to know where you are trying to get to though. Without that you are likely to be just walking around in circles regardless of how good you intentions are. One of the best ways to create your direction, to set an intention around what you really want, is to create a vision board.
Put simply, you need to figure out all the things you really want in life - be they relationships, family, money, health, fitness, cars, jobs, whatever it is - and create a picture board with all of these things on it. The point of this exercise is to aim high. Work out what you truly desire and put it on the board. You may not be able to see any way that you can achieve it right now, but you don't need to. The very act of putting it on your vision board means that you are instructing your mind to look out for these very opportunities. Opportunities that perhaps you may have not noticed, had you not put it on your vision board!
Of course your vision board will not be realised without action. So the next step will be to create goals and actions; smaller steps that will help lead you to your bigger vision. But for now, it is time to concentrate on the bigger picture.
Add some direction to your life. Create a vision board and create an intention for the life you truly want and deserve and put it somewhere you will see it every day. After all, how can you expect to get what you want if you don't ask for it? And how can you ask for it if you don't know what it is?
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