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The Vision Boarding Process: Getting in the Flow
October 15th, 2009 | 
Author: By Sherry Lowry with Jane Ross
We adored the photo from the September 26 Vision Board workshop of participant Bernard Brown’s feet standing in paper cuttings—delightful. He was so engrossed. As he was cutting he was standing up and the paper was falling at his feet.
In the flow at the Vision Board workshop
It was a perfect example of somebody going into a flow experience. It had every element of how do you get in flow with the process? That is when time vanishes, not thinking of any physical needs or anything. You are just very engrossed and engaged in the process. It’s a very creative moment.
Here’s what Bernard had to say about the vision boarding process from his own perspective.
“I knew I was coming in with this being my first vision board that there would be a fair amount of questions for me: things I would be processing and working through. I didn’t come in with a fixed set of things I was exploring. I took it on like, this is my chance to familiarize myself with the process, engage in it, and see what the subconscious would say and see what would show up in the community.
“We were helping each other locate different pictures and images based on what we had shared earlier about our aspirations. I was taking a chance to get ideas. I also believe that sometimes things come through, through others. I may not be conscious of something, but somebody else may be in tune with it. Through dialogue or conversation it may show up. That is what has been going on for me.
“I think one of the gifts of this workshop is to create a process or method which could be continually renewing. I don’t see this board as a static thing. It is going to pulse. As I achieve or I clear some of the items I have put on my board I will be creating room for new opportunities.
“I am a great proponent of the concept of the hot wheels or focusing or having groups. I don’t know what form it will take. But the conversation is not a one time deal. It evolves into a more focused effort. It starts from the broad, you identify a goal then you go for it. Then you come back and you have community through workshops or we continually re-design our vision boards becoming more and more successful in terms of achievement.”
One of the Bridging Futures team’s goals is to have a voluntary community we stay connected with of people who have been through a process like this who want to know others who are going through it and learn from each other.
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Crystal Ball Gazing
In a spirit of fun, Bridging Futures founders recently peered into the crystal ball of business futures and make a couple of predictions.
WORK N SEARCH in the World of Speedy Employment-Layoff Cycles by Anna Carroll
In the first future vision there is a Coming Soon announcement.
Combo Temp Agency, co-working space, training center and employment agency. Beautiful open space work environment for people between jobs. Lounge environment with work-friendly ambient music. In one corner is the Work Shop, where you see a desk or counter and “work leader.” There you pick up a paid work assignment that matches your skills, for an hourly amount that’s not as good as a full-time job but better than sitting home being unemployed. Data entry, customer interviewing, web design, proofreading, financial tracking and many other assignments are available. You can do your paid work around a table with others who may be talking, sit alone with your computer in the coffee area, or take it home. Company contract managers may actually come in part time or co-locate there to get work done flexibly and at a bargain rate. You leave Work N Search with a pay check.
In another corner is the Employment Shop where you can search job postings, get help with resume or prepare for interviews. In the Learning Shop, there are regular classes on commonly used software, technical or management skills in greatest demand.
Most appealing is great coffee, lighting, design, colors, furniture, music and design elements that keep you comfy, happy, and feeling connected. Internet connectivity is of course easy and fast and printing, copying, and faxing readily available. You even have co-workers to tease and gossip with. You may decide to stay here several years!
ROI for Enjoyment
How much does it cost to live, eat, work, and play in the spaces that bring you the most joy? In evaluating your options, it may be best to compare your personal joy return. Instead of living in a large vintage home you re-modeled, it may be better to love closer-in—nearer to art, architecture, and artistic people. Smaller space, yes, but you can have fun fixing it up within space limits that residents of Paris, NYC, or Tokyo have had to face forever.
Who are the friends you’d most prefer being with? Should you invest more time with them? What about food, fitness, spiritual, hobby or other interests you’d like your life to be more filled with? Health care, nutrition, or alternative medicine? What about traffic, gossip, dogma, ugly landscapes, politics, isolation, and other things you want to get away from? All of these things can be weighted compared, sliced and diced to analyze the best ways of getting more enjoyment.
Richard Florida’s Who’s Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life gets into the geography of where you soak up the most creative energy. And in that decision process, you can add on weightings and ratings for how you most like to spend time, whether for work, play, learning, or creating.
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