Blaine Senior Center

The Vision Board

How do you know what to look for, what to ask for in life if you do not know what you want?  This is a pretty straight forward question. I am going to be 60 years old this spring and there are still moments when I am unsure of what I want to be when I grow up.

However, having a vision, whether with a task, a behavior, material belonging, or a particular activity, is vital in achieving our goals. As we get older, this need to understand our wants and needs is still as important as ever. Conscious living and conscious aging are key ingredients to continuing to stay focused on living well. Yet, we live in a world of chaos and it is easy to get caught in the day to day of everyday life. And life is fast.

I would often tell my children that experiencing life, whether through adventures, opportunities, trials and tribulations, or education, is how we learn what we want to be, what we like, and what we want to do. Often, we will see a younger person with a vision or drive that is so easy to see. Other times, we see those that get caught in the trials of life and soon proceed to move into the day to day of existence. And to be fair, responsibilities are important such as jobs, families, and community. However, we forget what we want. What we need. The things in life that bring us fulfillment. The things that we love. We often fill our life space just for the sake of doing so.

Getting older or being younger does not diminish the need to have a vision. A goal. An activity that brings you amazing joy. To surround yourself with things you love. However, how do you know what to look for or ask for if you do not know what you want? How do you manifest things that bring you joy if you do not have the room to enjoy them or the awareness that they exist. This is where conscious living comes into place. To know what you want so you can establish a game plan.

Time is so valuable. Sometimes we need to slow things down so that we can contemplate what we want. Sometimes we need to take a risk and try something new. Sometimes we simply need to get rid of the things that do not bring us joy. The issue is to be conscious that we live one life and there is so much joy to be had.

The Blaine Senior, a 50+ community, offers opportunity. A place to meet people. To share yourself and to learn from others. A place to explore. A place to learn and nurture yourself mentally and physically. A place to learn more about what you like and what you want. There is never a time in life, at any age, where we cannot have a vision or a dream. A goal of what we want and who we want to be. You just have to let yourself explore. Let yourself contemplate. And sometimes this helps us to forget or dismiss the things in our life that we do not want. Do not love.

One tool to help us evolve is a vision board. A physical tool to help us explore what we love and what we want. An exercise to gain clarity of our vision in the creation of our own personal board.

So, join us and take some time for you. Young and old. We should all have a vision board.  The Senior/Community Center will be doing a two-part Art Workshop later this month on creating our own vision boards. We will take the time to explore and visually create a board that says…this is who I am, what I like, and what I want. This is me. Know what you want so that you can know what to ask for and can set a plan in motion.

Thursday, March 28th and April 4th, 5:30PM-7:30PM | Vision Boards: “A Focused Approach to Getting What You Want!” | 2-part workshop with Pete