Many of us are looking for that perfect tool that makes it easier to reach our goals.
Today, we’ll introduce you to the vision board.
A number of celebrities and influential people, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oprah Winfrey, have used vision boards to manifest what they want in life.
What exactly is a vision board?
Also known as a dream board or goal board, it is basically a collage of images and/or words used as a visualization tool. It is one of the most popular manifestation techniques today.
The images and words can be cut out from magazine pages, drawn, written, or printed out.
The collage represents your goals or dreams. By putting these all in one place, it becomes easier for you to visualize and manifest them your life.
In this post, we’re featuring a cool collection of vision board ideas that will inspire you to create your own. You can even share these ideas with your friends or if you host a vision board party.
But first, here are the basic steps for making your own vision board.
4 Steps to Create Your Own Vision Board
1. Reflect. Think about what you want in life. Is it a new house? To get a degree? To launch that startup? To be promoted? Write your thoughts down.
There are no limits to what your goals should be. When he was starting out as an actor, Jim Carrey wrote himself a check for $10,000,000 for “acting services rendered.” In 1994, he got that exact amount for his role in Dumb and Dumber.
2. Collect. Now that you’ve reflected on your vision, gather some magazines and cut out images, phrases, and vision board quotes that represent what you want, and that encourage you to work on getting what you want.
3. Assemble. Get a solid board (e.g., cardboard, cork, or wood). On the board, arrange and stick the cutouts in a way that’s meaningful for you. If you prefer, you can add some embellishments to your board to make it more personalized. Here's a simple check list of vision board supplies that you'll need. If you prefer to create an online vision board, this is our #1 recommended tool for creating stylish, motivating vision boards.
4. Display. Place the finished vision board in a prominent spot, where you can view it even for just a few seconds every day. Spend a few moments reflecting on your goals each day.
To learn more about making vision boards, here's our ultimate guide on the step-by-step process for making your own vision board. You can also download our free vision board supplies checklist.
If you don't have the time to create a vision board from scratch, check out these 25 vision board templates you can download and print.
Finally, you can use a tool like Canva to create an online digital board (here's a 10-step process on how to do it) or use a tool like Udreamr to have a customized vision board sent to your front door.
Okay, now that you understand the basics, let's dive into the collection of vision board ideas and examples…
41 Vision Board Ideas and Examples
1. Go for Gold
via Kori Burkholder
In the above example, the vision board creator needs an inspiring visual tool to fulfill goals for her business. For many people like her, a vision board works better at helping them reach their goals compared with using a standard planner.
A lot of people who have created vision boards can attest that they work.
Aside from helping manifest your goals faster, a vision board also offers the following benefits:
2. Cellphone Lock Screen Vision Board
via Budget Girl
Your phone can be an ideal repository of your portable vision board. This virtual board showcases goals for the year, where the focus includes the following:
This vision board can be used as a lock screen for your phone, so you have your vision board anywhere you are.
3. Screen Lock Vision Board
@elisaossa__ This is my year of dreams coming true ✨ #visionboard #visionboardtutorial ♬ TO THE MOON – Jnr Choi & Sam Tompkins
Setting your vision board as your phone’s lock screen is a clever way to access it any time.
For this example, the board’s owner shares the process of creating her vision board. She starts by brainstorming what her goals are for different aspects of her life, such as financial, spiritual, and family. Then, she gathers the appropriate images representing these goals. For this, she uses Canva, an online vision board app that provides wonderful images and templates for vision boarding.
4. Living Life to the Fullest
Vision board kits are a great help, especially when you’re just starting out with manifestation. They have everything you need to create a unique vision that truly represents what you want in life.
In this example, we see how the board’s owner aspires to live life to the fullest, pursuing activities that promote better health and well-being.
5. Flip Booklet Vision Board
Privacy can be an issue when you own a vision board and don’t want to share what you put on it with other people. This is especially challenging when you live with a lot of people or when relatives and friends are often at your place.
This example provides a way to keep a vision board and still keep your dreams private until you have manifested them. Instead of using a traditional poster-sized cardstock, this board is made into a flip book using cutouts and small pieces of paper held together with a fastener to keep the images and words together in one place.
6. Personal Growth Vision Board
Here is another digital vision board example. This one is focused on manifesting personal growth. Created on Canva, it is image-rich and features pictures of different goals that represent personal growth for the board’s owner.
7. A Vision Board for Self-Love
Developing self-love is a wonderful goal to have and using a vision will hasten its manifestation in your life. In this example, we have a vision board that features images that depict the wonderful process of learning to love yourself.
It also contains several powerful phrases and quotes that remind the owner to work on and embody self-love.
8. Tropical Vibe Board
Here’s a cheery vision board that’s equal parts images and inspiring quotes and words. Just as the creator did with this board, you can decide on a theme for your own board. Choose the cutouts and printables that fit your theme and get creative!
9. The Key to Your Future
Here’s a vision board created using scrapbooking materials such as scraps of fabric and golden keys, as well as the usual magazine cutouts. The materials give this board a unique charm.
10. Framed Vision Board
If you’re looking for an example of a vision board that can also be part of your home’s overall decor, this one’s worth checking out.
The creator of this board used stickers, magazine cutouts, printouts, a plastic calligraphy plaque, and a framed memory box. They also added some lighting inside the frame for additional aesthetic.
Once assembled, the vision board was mounted on the wall, where it became an inspiring reminder of what the creator wants to achieve.
11. Manifesting Your Dream Wedding
Vision boards help manifest anything you want in life—even the wedding of your dreams. They can evoke the bliss and excitement of starting a new life together with the one you love. [Head over to this post for more Vision Board Ideas and Examples for Your Dream Wedding.]
12. Yes to Everything
Use this example to manifest all the good things in life: love, business success, wealth, good health, and opportunities for travel. The board features images and words from a vision board kit that represent all of the things you might hope for.
13. This Is Your Year
Affirmations fill this vision board. As with the previous example, words of encouragement go a long way in helping you achieve your goals.
This example shows us that it’s not necessary to fill a vision board with images. Words work fine, too!
14. Take an Inner Journey
Here is a board that’s rich in symbolism. It encourages you to be contemplative of everything in life.
If your goals include becoming mindful, this vision board is a great example of incorporating mindfulness quotes and sayings to motivate you to achieve what you want.
15. I Am
In our culture, it is often difficult to be self-aware. We are often bombarded with mainstream media’s idea of who we are supposed to be.
This vision board is a great tool for those searching for their true selves. It utilizes cutout, typewritten phrases as the sun’s rays. The board is empowering and aesthetically pleasing.
16. Fitspiration
Planning to lose weight? This board has an interactive component in the way the mini-clothespins are used to keep track of weight loss goals.
Moreover, the creator understands the concept of rewarding the self when milestones have been reached, such as a massage when she’s lost 20 pounds and a new purse after she has shed 40 pounds. You can also check out this post for 155 other ways you can reward yourself after accomplishing a goal and this weight loss app to shed those pounds.
17. Vision Board for Weight Loss Goals
This is a variation of the previous weight loss board. This time, motivational quotes are prominently displayed. It’s most likely to give that extra push on days when the creator of this board does not feel like working out.
There is one important thing to remember with vision boards for fitness purposes—they’re only going to work if you get moving.
18. Kid’s Version Vision Board
You can start teaching kids the value of goal setting early on by creating vision boards. This example is a kiddie version, which is nonetheless filled with stuff that’s important to its young creator.
Other benefits that children can get from vision boards include strengthening their ability to visualize and enhancing their creativity,
More importantly, it gives you the opportunity to bond with your kids and get to know them on a deeper level. Check out this post for 15 vision board ideas for kids.
19. You Are Power
Here is another text-rich vision board idea. The phrases and words chosen for this board motivate one to start working on achieving their goals immediately, ending procrastination once and for all.
How about you—do you prefer a text-rich vision board or something with more imagery?
20. Personal/Professional Goals
Here is a board that elicits fun and enjoyment. It’s made from magazine cutouts, with bold colors that call attention to the vision board.
It could be that the creator of this vision board wishes to infuse more joy into both her professional and personal life. One way of bringing more fun into your life is by having a hobby. Another is by learning something new, so you might want to check out this post on 101 new skills you can learn starting today.
21. Couple’s Vision Board
Creating a couple’s vision board is an opportunity for you and your partner to discuss future plans. It will help clarify your relationship goals.
It’s nice to plan a trip abroad with the person you love. However, there are bigger things that you need to discuss as a couple, such as whether you’re having a wedding or not, or if you are willing to become parents.
A vision board can open the way for better communication between you and your partner so you can discuss the important aspects of your relationship.
22. You Got This
If you want to make headway in your career, putting up a vision board may be the way to go in order to get what you want.
This vision board example showcases the creator’s goals for the future in relation to her job. She has included the values to get her to where she wants to be. There are fitting quotes that motivate her to go after her dreams.
23. Vision Wall
The photo above features two kinds of vision boards: a wall-mounted one and a foldable, portable version.
A wall-mounted vision board is ideal for having a prominent display that you can use for visualizing your intentions throughout the day. This works well if your schedule permits you to be in one location for most of the day.
However, if you tend to travel a lot, you can’t view a wall-mounted vision board. You’ll miss out on this crucial step for manifesting your dreams. The only practical solution is a portable vision board.
24. Portable Vision Board
Here is another example of a portable vision board. Instead of preparing a stiff board to mount the images you’ve selected for your vision board, you’d need a journal notebook instead. Choose images that resonate with you and assemble just as you would for a regular-sized vision board. For increased portability, choose a pocket-sized notebook.
In this example, the creator made an accordion page in order to accommodate all the images and texts for her vision board.
25. Part of Something Larger Than Ourselves
This is an inspiring example of a vision board focused on self-improvement and self-discovery.
Its base is stiff black paper, embellished with magazine cutouts on the outer part (1st picture) and charming illustrations for the inner part (2nd picture). This vision board is small enough to fit within the pages of a journal, so you can take it wherever you go.
26. Clothesline Vision Board
Rather than the usual cutouts, glue, and cardboard this vision board uses some rope and clothespins to display photos and texts.
Making a vision board is an opportunity to unleash your creativity. Aside from embellishing it with magazine cutouts, you can use souvenirs gathered from trips, found objects, twigs, leaves, etc.
27. Personalized Wall
This happy wall does not rely on a board to contain the creator’s vision. Rather, the collection of photographs, quotes, and other items are placed directly on the wall with the help of tape and screws.
Vision boards like this example are perfect for manifesting friendship goals.
28. Level Up
Choosing a keyword for your vision board is a great way to stay motivated as you work toward your goals.
For this vision board, its creator chose the phrase “Level Up” to remind her that she’s moving forward towards her goals of writing a book, strengthening her faith, improving her health, etc.
If you’re making a vision board, you have the permission to dream big. As Norman Vincent Peale said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
29. Vision Board Your 2021
Focus words are the main feature of this vision board. These words help anchor you to your dreams and keep you motivated for the whole time you’re using the vision board.
How do you choose focus words?
The following is quick guide:
The above goal board is an example of how to assemble a vision board with focus words as the central theme.
If you're stuck on what words to use, then here are 365 positive words you can try.
30. Self Care Vision Board
We’ve mentioned earlier that making a vision board is a form of self-care.
Having a personal sacred space where you can see the things you want for your life allows you to do visualizations even when you’re not aware of it.
This actually improves your performance at work, school, or any social setting.
Furthermore, having a vision board can transform negative thoughts into positive ones. (Check out some positive and happy thoughts in this post.)
31. Vision on a Clipboard
This mini vision board was created using printables. It is small enough to fit on a clipboard, so it’s easy to take anywhere. If you have limited space, this type of board is also ideal.
32. Visualizing Your Higher Self
Many people aspire to reach their highest potential. This vision board reflects that goal.
If this is your goal, you can start by knowing your life’s purpose and developing good daily habits that bring you closer to the best version of yourself.
33. Trust the Next Chapter Because You Know the Author
This vision board was digitally created to help a small company manifest success for their enterprise. Based on their experience, a vision board is effective for helping manifest their goals.
34. Girlboss Mindset
This image-rich vision board reflects a woman entrepreneur’s vision of success.
In addition to providing a roadmap for your dreams, a vision board can also be a source of empowerment as you reach for goals that were previously thought to be the exclusive domain of a certain gender, social status, or educational background.
35. Grow in Every Way Possible
This vision board depicts the creator’s desire for growth in different areas of their life.
While you’re visualizing the outcome of your goals, it’s also a good idea to enjoy the process of getting there. Enjoy every moment that brings you closer to your dreams.
36. Successful Influencer
We’ve mentioned several well-known celebrities using vision boards for their goals. As it turns out, this visualization tool is also popular among social media influencers.
Here’s an example of a vision board where the creator includes as one of their goals being successful on social media platforms.
37. Sticker Explosion
Here’s an example that uses stickers as the main component for creating a vision board. The creator used a combination of quotes, images, and keywords to assemble this fun and eye-catching vision board.
Would you say that this is a unique way to create a vision board?
38. February Vision Board
A monthly vision board, such as the example above, can help manifest your short-term goals. It can also serve as a visual reminder to ensure that you’re on track in doing the habits that attract success in different areas of your life.
39. Hand-Drawn Vision Board
If you have the skill and time for it, why not create a hand-illustrated vision board?
Not only will this give your vision board a more personal touch, but drawing the images by hand engages your mind to be more attuned and resourceful in fulfilling your goals.
40. Pyro Art Vision Board
Here’s another process for making a vision board that you might want to try.
This vision board was created through pyrography, or the process of decorating a piece of wood (or other materials) by burning designs on the surface. Looks cool, right?
41. Taking Care of Yourself Is Productive
Here’s another vision board example with self-care as the main theme. It features a combination of images that depict a laid-back and luxurious lifestyle, superimposed with inspiring and motivational phrases about success and self-care.
Final Thoughts on these Vision Board Ideas
There you have it—41 inspiring ideas for vision boards that are guaranteed to help achieve your goals for the coming year and beyond.
Using this visualization and manifestation tool requires you to suspend your disbelief and just believe that things you want will come to you.
Of course, you must also do the work that is required to get where you want to go—but you do so with the awareness of why exactly you’re making the effort.
When you do these things, your goals will be within reach.
If want to get started right away, then you can use a tool like Canva to create an online digital board (here's a 10-step process on how to do it) OR a tool like Udreamr to have a customized vision board sent to your front door.
Finally, if you don’t know how to get started with this strategy, then check out this FREE printable worksheet and a six-step process that will help you create the PERFECT vision board.
