VISION BOARD
I made this vision board today, August 8, because 8/8 is widely seen in spiritual and manifestation practices as the Lion’s Gate Portal ,a symbolic time for setting intentions, thinking about what you want to attract, and being honest about the life you actually want. Whether or not everything people say about this day is true, I like the meaning behind it, and I wanted to use today as a little reset and a reminder to take my dreams seriously.
There are so many things I want to experience, become, and create in my life. Some of them are huge dreams, some are tiny things that might seem random to someone else, but every single one of them means something to me. So instead of just writing them down somewhere and forgetting about them, I wanted to actually see them.
I want to see that American visa in my hands. I want to become a successful actress and one day hear my name being called on a stage. I want to make movies from my own writings, especially the stories and ideas I have kept inside my “Dumbo Bag.” I want to become an author, filmmaker, creator and someone who turns the things in her imagination into something real.
I want financial independence too. I want to get a job, earn my own money, make money through digital platforms or my own business, get called for interviews, appear in brand reels, host a show and eventually see myself on TV. I want the freedom to work from different places, travel with my laptop and experience the life of a digital nomad.
Then there are all the little dreams that make the board feel like me. I want to buy my own phone and diamond studs, get that pretty nose ring I’ve wanted, ride my scooter, get my driving licence and maybe someday own one of those open-roof Jeeps. I want night outs, perfect baking attempts, chess, sign language, Morse code and the thrill of finally doing something scary like bungee jumping.
And some wishes aren’t really about achievements at all. I wish I had a caring big brother, someone who made me feel protected and loved. I want my parents to love me in the way I sometimes wish they did. I want to feel beautiful and confident in myself. And for now, I don’t want a boyfriend. I want to choose myself, build myself and become the person I keep imagining.
This vision board isn’t a guarantee that everything will happen exactly as pictured. It’s a collection of possibilities , a reminder of what I want, what I’m working toward and the kind of life I don’t want to be afraid to dream about. Maybe I’ll look at this years from now and laugh at some of the things I put here, or maybe I’ll realize that I actually got almost everything. Either way, today I wanted to give these dreams a place to exist.
You too can use the prompt I used for the vision board above. ✨
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Just copy the prompt, replace the wishes with your own dreams, and create your own 8/8 vision board. 🧿
Create a realistic, handmade vision board based on the wishes and dreams listed below.
Turn every wish into a visual representation rather than simply writing the wish as text. Use photographs, magazine-style cutouts, Polaroids, small objects, handwritten scraps, doodles, receipts, stickers, tickets, maps, sketches and little personal details that symbolically represent each dream.
The vision board should feel like a real person physically made it over time messy, scattered, imperfect, slightly chaotic and personal, with photographs overlapping each other, crooked tape, pinned papers, uneven edges, random spacing and different photo sizes. Avoid making it look like a perfectly arranged Pinterest collage or an obviously AI-generated mood board.
Use a warm, nostalgic, slightly cinematic aesthetic with natural photography, subtle film grain, soft imperfect lighting and a mixture of old-school scrapbook elements and realistic modern photographs. Make the images feel candid and believable rather than overly polished or stock-photo-like.
Do not turn the wishes into a list on the board. Show the dreams through imagery. Only use small handwritten words or short phrases where they naturally belong, such as on a note, notebook, sign, ticket, document or photograph.
Make sure every wish below is represented somewhere in the final vision board, even if several wishes are combined into one photograph or visual scene.
My wishes:
[PASTE YOUR WISHES HERE]
