Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others – Johnathan Swift

Have you noticed how one can move through seasons of just bobbing along….just bobbing along carried this way and that way by the currents of life or just bobbing in one spot? Well here at DCYCC we are resolute that 2024 will not be a year of just bobbing along. And in our opinion one of the ways personal and professional success is to have a specific intent, a clear vision and a plan of action. So armed with this plan at our weekly team meeting on Monday, I challenged our staff to stop and consider their vision. A lively discussion on the importance of having a vision for our lives ensued. We spoke of how we as role models for our young people are in control of three things in our lives – The thoughts we think, the future we visualise for our lives and the action we take towards realising this vision. How we need to have a goal for our personal lives before we can encourage our young people to shape their own vision and identify the goals that they need to achieve this.
We spent time creating individual vision boards for ourselves. Wow! This was the most creative and exciting session I think we’ve ever had as a team. It was so inspiring to see the team think out of their comfort zones and learn a new way to express their personal dreams.

A vision board is a simple collection of images, clear goals, quotes, and inspiring affirmations that represent how you want your life to look. And it’s such an amazing tool to remind you of the life you want. A vision board helps you focus and gives you a clear picture of where you want to be in life. You can add encouraging quotations to remind and inspire you to keep moving forward towards that goal. A vision board can be considered a dream board. I once read that a dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A visual plan backed by action makes your dreams a reality.

The activity was such as success with the team, that we’ve decided to do the same activity with our young people. Its hard to believe how fast time is going, but as we step into the month of February tomorrow I encourage you to create personal vision board for yourself and get your children to do the same. You will be surprised at how helpful and motivating this process will be, and best of all you will have something tangible to prevent you from just bobbing through 2024.