It all begins with a dream.

I'm realizing more and more why it's so important to monitor my thoughts.  When I don't, I just create the same things over and over.  I had the idea for a dream board 4 years ago and I started it but didn't finish. This time around I wanted to love it, so I went to a few stores and decided I would only buy the things that sparked joy and I would only choose images that spoke to my heart. 

I have a few goals that I'm trying to attain and so I thought I would find images that represented them and one of them is yoga.  Lately I've been seeing these images in my mind of doing yoga poses and they come out of no where. I'll be sitting at a traffic light and all of a sudden I'll have a vision of myself in the lord of the dance pose. I know, weird. So I decided to start doing it in my living room and the feeling it gives my body can only be described as love which I guess must be endorphins...I'm not sure.  I love how it makes me feel, so peaceful and calm.  I will keep doing it and hope to eventually master it.  Another goal I set for myself is self-love.  Yes, it sounds cliché but when I listen to my thoughts, I can be very hard on myself most of the time which causes my shoulders to practically touch my ears.  Another goal I have is to start running again.  I actually had a dream last night that I was running and doing 10 minute miles.  Next on my board, there is a circle-shaped image of a man and a woman laying in hammocks above a body of water.  This is my goal for a relationship, easy, loving and adventurous.  I also love to paint and want to master that as well so I chose a photo of Van Gogh to represent this goal.  I actually painted the other day for the first time in months and I'm very happy with the result.

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Self realization is a goal because I'm constantly yearning to find out who I am and what my life is for so I put it at the very top because it's the most important to me.  I also included a map of the world and marked all of the places I'd love to travel to not just for leisure but to teach the benefits of tidying as well (getting my passport might help). I chose the word MASTERFUL because it describes my intention for everything I do.  I want to master it, no matter what it is.  I put 3 of my business cards to remind myself why I love tidying and helping others achieve their goals through tidying. I chose 2 fortunes my son and I found one night after having dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant.  The first one says, "A dream will always triumph over reality, when it is given a chance." The second one says, "Make your life an exclamation not and explanation." These came at a very appropriate time and I am listening to their wisdom.  I chose a turquoise vase full of pink peonies because both the colors and the flowers are my favorite and they spark much joy when I look at them. I included a drawing that my oldest son did for me. One night after Easter he left little drawings for me all over the house as if they were Easter eggs. They all had loving messages and pictures and I chose the heart he drew that says "best mom".  Being a mother is a constant challenge and I need many reminders that I'm doing my best. The last image I chose was of a photo of a chair that sparks joy in a living room that I love, but more importantly there is a picture on the wall of an Audrey Hepburn quote.  "She said, I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe the happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." All of these statements spark joy and I love re-reading them, it's become my mantra. 

A dream board will help you to remember why you have begun your tidying journey and when it gets tough and you feel like you can't  keep going, your dream board will remind you why you can.