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Rather than find pictures in magazines, or spend money to have someone create and host a vision board online, I've come up with the idea of making them on Squidoo for fun and possibly profit.

If you've never heard of a vision board, dream board, or treasure map, it's a process where you collect pictures of what you want in your life and create a collage out of it. The theory is that if you make this and then place it someplace where you see it often the things will start to be attracted into your life. They can be done as an individual, couple, family, group, etc. They can be made about your entire life or a single event or object or even a feeling you want more of.

I've highlighted some other sources here that can help you learn more about what a vision board is. It has become popularized in the last couple of years by first The Secret and then Oprah. They are usually found as part of the philosophy called The Law of Attraction which isn't new but is enjoying a major renaissance.

Honestly, i've made them over the years but they either haven't come true or they've somehow been warped in the time-space continuum and what I want happens to people I know instead of me. But I so want them to work! I love to read stories about how they work for other people. And so I thought why not try a Squidoo Vision Board?

One thing about it, it makes you really think about what you want. I have a hard time making decisions at all so fine tuning my desires down to pictures available on Flickr is a challenge. At the same time it's a lot more fun than trying to think about it. And I suspect more accurate in the end.

Image courtesy of AussieGail on Flickr.

Contents at a Glance

Update
Steps to Create Your Own Squidoo Vision...
Make Your Own Lens
Visioning
Theory #1
The Vision Board
Theory #2
Write It Down, Make It Happen
Do Vision Boards Work?

Update

I created this lens on January 26, 2009.

I can't say that many of my wished for things happened until after July 19, 2009 when CCGAL left a comment here asking me to update the lens to let readers know which things had come true.

On July 25-27, 2009 I found myself in Door County, Wisconsin,. A friend suggested on July 22 - out of the blue - that we take a road trip. I wasn't sure we would make it as far as Door County.

I became a Reiki Master on August 8, 2009. Again, it was an opportunity that only came up about a week ahead of time.

On August 14, 2009 I found a ten dollar bill on my lawn.

On August 15, 2009 I spent 5 hours at a Lake Michigan beach again (a 12 hour drive round trip). Most of the gas money to get there was given to me as a surprise gift the day before.

On July 27 and 28, 2010 I was able to spend a little time in Badlands National Park. That was part of a much bigger trip to the Pacific Northwest that had been on my bucket list. So perhaps things on a vision board can lead to even bigger things.

For about November 2010 to August 2011 I experienced a major increase in income. It happened right after I wrote this lens: Goddess Brigid: Autumn Guided Journey.

Back to Door County again! This time I'll be going on the second weekend of October, 2011.

Although it wasn't on this page originally, Sedona, Arizona has long been on my bucket list as well. I'm heading there for 11/11/11.

Steps to Create Your Own Squidoo Vision Board

See what mine looks like further along in this lens...

Decide on your topic.
(You might want to use Google Adwords or Worktracker to help you attract more visitors to your lens. The more visitors the more chance you have of creating revenue from your lens.)
Create your lens.
Look for photos on Flickr or Photobucket or elsewhere that illustrate your dream.
They don't have to be literal. Think of other images that would describe your dream. That's where it gets to be fun and creative for me. And be sure to use images that are licensed with Creative Commons. Stealing images is not good karma and therefore would probably work against you.
Use text modules to place your images and add text.
The HTML code I used to place my images the way I did is this:

<a href="http://www.LINK BACK TO IMAGE PAGE.com"><img src="http://www.COPY IMAGE LOCATION.jpg" /></a>
<"p align="center">Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.LINK BACK TO IMAGE PAGE.com">NAME OF IMAGE CREATOR</a> on Flickr..
You can just copy the code and replace the capitalized portions with what is described.
Create separate modules for different subthemes of your main topic.
You could add other modules like Ebay and Amazon to list items related to the things that you want. Go crazy! Have fun! The experts say that the more positive feelings you have around the things you want the faster they will come to you. Or you can keep it simple.
Use more text modules to describe the things you want to have happen as though they are happening right now. This is part of the Visioning process and is further described in Write It Down, Make It Happen.

Make Your Own Lens

Click Here to Make Your Own Lens!

Visioning

Visioning: Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams

by: Lucia Capacchione

Amazon Price: $6.55 (as of 06/01/2012)

This book was published in 2000 by a woman who has been working with Vision Boards long before they became a common catch phrase in the personal development world. This book is not just about cutting out pictures and putting them into a collage. It outlines a comprehensive process for using them as a whole system for creating the life of your dreams.

Theory #1

I suspect that the more people see your vision board, the more energy is attracted to it, and the more likely it is to happen. So Squidoo is perfect!

The Vision Board

Get more information about this book via this podcast at Authors on the Air on Blog Talk Radio and also the I Have a Vision website.

The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life

by: Joyce Schwarz

Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 06/01/2012)

It's the first book of it's kind.

Theory #2

Hey, wait....what if ALL Squidoo lenses are really vision boards?

Write It Down, Make It Happen

Another pre-Secret pathfinding book

Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It

by: Henriette Anne Klauser

Amazon Price: $7.42 (as of 06/01/2012)

Another way to amp up your manifesting work is to write down what you want as though you have it right now, in as much detail as possible. This book is inspiring and easily readable and tells you exactly how to write your dreams down.

I've had this book since it was first published in 2001 and it is one of my all time favorites. It doesn't hurt that I like to write.

Do Vision Boards Work?

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My Personal Vision Board Starts Here

This is Where My Dreams Begin!

Roses

Image courtesy of smcgee on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Eddi 07 on Flickr.

When the idea for this lens hatched in my mind right before Christmas 2008, the first thing I thought of was "I want roses - lots of roses throughout 2009". It seemed to me that roses would be a fairly easy thing for whoever is behind this manifesting stuff to well, manifest. But not so easy for me to get.

Roses are a powerful symbol for me. I love to look at them and their scent is one of my favorites. I even like to draw them. ((Click here to go to my lens about How to Draw a Rose.)

Financial Income and Prosperity

Image courtesy of Tracy O on Flickr.

Becoming a Reiki Master

Achieved August 8, 2009

Image courtesy of pareeerica on Flickr.

Image courtesy of aussiegall on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Eddie 07 on Flickr.

Massage Therapy Studio

Buy at AllPosters.com

Buy at AllPosters.com

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Image courtesy of swanksalot on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Mykl Roventine on Flickr.

Image courtesy of rachaelvoorhees on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Rich238 on Flickr.

Image courtesy of DK10 on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Skyco on Flickr.

Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast in Boulder, Colorado

I just found the B&B of my dreams, I think. See more about it here: Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast It is an "eco-hotel" and some of the amenities include "cookie jar...filled with fresh shortbread butter cookies, unlimited tea service (lots of varieties), big organic breakfast, organic sheets, wi-fi or USB ports, etc." There are many recipes on the website, too.

But mainly, just look at the place! i can't get over the green and lavender common rooms.

The Antero Room

The Blanca Room

The Windom Room

Beach House

Image courtesy of SanFranAnnie on Flickr.

Beach

Agate Beach, Oregon image courtesy of myself, Gretchen Little.

Image courtesy of fotografar on Flickr.

Door County, Wisconsin

Image courtesy of James Jordan on Flickr.

Image courtesy of luvautumntime on Flickr.

Image courtesy of Teecycle Time on Flickr.

Image courtesy of the Brittania Bed and Breakfast on Lake Michigan.

Image courtesy of White Gull Inn - Dr. Welcker's Suite on Flickr.

Hawaii

Image courtesy of rgourley on Flickr.

Image courtesy of skyseeker on Flickr.

Image courtesy of "amelia" on Flickr.

Vision Boards in the Blogosphere

What people are doing

LCA-Vision Reports on Annual Meeting of Stockholders: I want to assure our stockholders that the LCA-Vision Board is keenly focused on achieving our goals and building value." This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of LCA-Vision that ...
LCA-Vision Reports on Annual Meeting of Stockholders: I want to assure our stockholders that the LCA-Vision Board is keenly focused on achieving our goals and building value." This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of LCA-Vision that ...
Vision Board Workshop for Women: By Rebecca Dehnel Join certified life coach Fiona Bain in learning how to use a vision board to shape an ideal future through the power of intention and visualization. Whether you want to attract your perfect soul mate, or different career opportunties ...
Intention - Vision Board DELUX: **** Ability to change font, size, and color. Extra tool for personalizing and using color energy This Intention Board uses high vibrational energy to attract the things you most want in your life. A car, a job, a relationship, wealth, happiness, ...

Mine, Mine, Mine!!

I just want to point out that the overall idea, the layout, and the text of this lens is my intellectual property. While I encourage other people to make their own Squidoo vision board lens like this, nobody else gets to take credit for coming up with the original design of it or copy the text and put their own name on it.

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mayapearl May 27, 2012 @ 10:11 pm | delete

What a cool lens, just love it. Do you want to own a BB or do you want to stay in one of the BB's you featured?