As I continue to abstain from television (it’s been over two weeks now), my activity for last night was to create a vision wall.

When I lived at my parents house I had a vision board on the wall next to my bed. It was a piece of foam core that I would attached pictures to with straight pins and scribble quotes on with a sharpie. My vision board disappeared somewhere in the move, so I’m starting fresh.

I headed to the store and bought little metal clips, index cards, magazines, and command hooks. The string of lights and assortment of colored pens I already had at home.

I attached the hooks to the wall in a zig-zag pattern and hung up the lights. Then spent the evening sifting through magazines and cutting out pictures of things I want (bags, shoes, makeup) and places I want to go (beaches). I also wrote positive quotes on note cards. I arranged the pictures into little collages and then clipped everything to the strand of lights.

The idea is to look at the photos and words every day and think about it every day, then thoughts become reality.

It may sound a bit nutty, but my last vision board had a picture of money going into a piggy bank, a house and a dog. And magically, I saved a huge amount of money, bought a house and adopted a dog within 6 months. (I feel like an infomercial typing that) Those were the three things I focused on and thought about the most, believing, without a doubt, they would happen.

Here’s a couple of tips if you’re interested in making your own:

• Don’t just look for pictures, cut out words from magazines as well. I found a giant ‘NOW’ that I added to my beach + sexy man collage.
• If you choose photos of people, make sure they are smiling or look like they are enjoying life. If you look at photos of grumpy people every day, you will feel grumpy as well.
• The images don’t have to be of material items – if you want to make new friends, post pictures of happy groups of people. If you want to exercise more, post a picture of rock-hard abs.
• Use positive statements: If you want to stop shopping, don’t draw an X over a photo of shopping bags. Instead draw the pile of cash you’ll save from staying away from the mall.

Now go forth and vision!