I love vision boards, but they can really be a pain to make. Frantic flipping through magazines, hunting down and printing supplemental photos from the internet, cutting, gluing. Then finding a place for that gargantuan poster board. Ugh.

Last year I hatched a clever way to reduce all of that hassle and create a vision board that made me feel “ahh” instead of resentful. Here are my top tips for making your most inspiring vision board yet.

Frame it!

Adding a frame to your vision board makes it feel like a work of art instead of a kindergarten craft project. It’s amazing how adding a pretty edge around your board can elevate it so much, but it does!

I used an 11” x 14” frame for home and an 8” x 10” for my desk at work.

Use Canva to design it

It’s super easy, and the tutorial below will show you how. Simply choose your pictures and arrange them however you’d like. You can resize, tilt, and add text.

I sized my canvas to 11” x 14” then copied the photos onto an 8.5” x 11” canvas so I could print them to size, since my printer can’t print on 11” x 14” paper. I cut the photos out for arranging on my home board.

For my work vision board, I downloaded my completed 11” x 14” canvas and adjusted the printer settings so it would print on an 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper. Using my paper cutter, I cut the board to 8” x 10” so it would fit in the frame.

Then, I used my work vision board as a guide to arrange the photos on my 11” x 14” home vision board. Yeah, there was cutting and gluing involved, but it was super speedy since I had a guide to work from.

Add deadlines

For certain goals, give yourself (and the Universe) a deadline. On Canva you can add text right on a photo, or if your handwriting is pretty, write directly on your board once it’s printed.

Divide your board by work and personal.

Our brains love categorization, and the board looks less cluttered that way. Dividing your board into business/career and personal, then sub-categorizing into travel, things you want, etc., allows for easy scanning of your board.

You could also have separate boards for work and personal, but I like to keep everything on one since I see my board at work the most.

By dividing the same board into work and personal, you can also see if one category outweighs the other. I just re-did my vision board a month later when I realized it was too business heavy.

Vision boards aren't just a fun exercise to work towards the things you want, they're excellent for planning your dream business too.

Wishing you the resolve and determination you need to make all of your dreams come true!

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