INSIDE MY MIND

One night, I sat down to make a vision board thinking with an idea of having some fun! I quickly opened Canva and started replacing pictures in one of the templates. Initially, I was just searching for fun pictures – like a McLaren car! Ooohh… Which color looks nice? Maybe the iconic Papaya color? Or do I want to go for a custom color?

It was fun while I was assembling pictures of what I thought would look cool on my vision board – McLaren, maybe a collection of quiet luxury bags, a huge bank balance… who would say no to that?

Sometime around the half-hour mark, I stumbled on this post on Google images of mental peace. That got me thinking what do I really want? Is it some showy, ego-massaging, supremacy-establishing things that I really did not care for? Should I not take this time to pause and reflect where I am and where I want to be?

Taking stock of my present status and thinking what exactly I want to be doing 5 years from now made me change all the pictures! Instead of the flashy car, I wanted a home where I could be completely myself. In place of the bag collections, I wanted a group of friends who would hype me up and not be shy to kick me when I sway away from the path. And who wants a fat bank balance with no one to share it with? A fun-loving, emotionally mature, an excellent communicator and partner in crime is a must!

It also got me thinking a little further into future – about retirement and how would I love to retire in a home by the beach with a backyard to grow variety of plants!

What started as fun and superficially entertaining, has now become something more – my vision board looks like a tangible set of goals, ones that truly matter to me!