New year, new me, is what we are used to hearing when welcoming the new year. We certainly always try to be a better person every year. Setting goals in the new year helps us to focus on the process that will be undertaken. A vision board is a collage of images, pictures, and affirmations that represent your dreams, goals, and desires. It’s a visual representation or roadmap of how you envision your best life. with a vision board, we can envision what we want in the future.
Madelyn Schrempf, often called Maddie, expressed her excitement about welcoming the new year by making a vision board. She stated that making a vision board was new and unique to her. “The vision board does keep me motivated,” Maddie said. She puts up a lot of pictures and quotes that motivate her to focus on her primary goal that she wants to achieve in 2025. Maddie is a swimmer for Rock Island High School, and is also interested in joining the soccer team. “I want to become better at the sports I do,” Maddie stated about her main goal that she wants to achieve by 2025.
She filled her vision board with positivity, such as the people she admires that become her inspiration. She says that putting up her role models’ picture helps her to be motivated to focus on her goals. “I am inspired by Joao Felix because he is good at soccer, and Micheal Phelps because he is dedicated,” she said. She chose these two people on her vision board because they represent her hope to be as great as them in the sport she is passionate about. A vision board is very important for Maddie to remind her of what she wants. “I put it on my wall over my bed so I remember it every day,” she explained. Putting the vision board where she can always see it motivates her, and makes her believe that she can do it one day.
Maddie’s vision board represents her desires, where she puts pictures such as fun things to do with friends, ideas of clothes she would like to wear, favorite foods, money, and car keys because she will be getting her car soon. She said that, “I chose certain pictures on my vision board because I resonate with these pictures and what I want to achieve.” Not only are there pictures, but she also put many positive quotes on her vision board. “Consistency is key,” is a quote that reminds her to stay consistent in her process of achieving the goals she will achieve in this new year. “I do a lot of things that require this, so it’s important to remember,” Maddie stated. Behind her inspiring vision board, Maddie was not alone when she made the vision board. She was accompanied by her friend.
Kateri King, who invited Madelyn Schrempf to create a vision board, expressed her reasons for this project. “The reason I made a vision board was to help visualize my goals for the new year, so that I can achieve them and become the best version of myself,” she said. The vision board helps Kateri to inspire her desires through pictures and quotes that she will easily remember, and be motivated every time she sees it. Kateri’s vision board contains many goals that she wants to achieve by 2025. “One of the primary goals I want to achieve this year is to get good grades in school and not fall behind,“ Kateri said, stating her main goal for this year.
“My vision board contains pictures of sports, academics, friendships, and quotes that I strive to live by.” Kateri’s comment on her vision board. Her vision board represents the capabilities that she would like to achieve, and what she will strive to make happen in 2025. “My vision board is a symbol of all that I can achieve this year, and what I can do to move forward and improve in life,” she stated. Her vision board made her excited to have a physical copy of all the things she wanted to do in the new year.
Both Maddie and Kateri expressed their feelings while creating the Vision Board for 2025. “It took us about 3 hours to create our vision board. I did enjoy the process of making it, but it was consuming,” Maddie stated. On the other hand, Kateri also shared in the excitement of creating the vision board, stating, “The part of my vision board that excites me the most is the sports part, as I am recovering from an injury, and am excited to get back to the sport I love.” Both are motivated to be their best version in 2025, and with this vision board, they hope to keep reminding them to stay focused on their main goal in 2025. Both of their stories in creating vision boards create a new experience on how to visualize desires or expectations through images and inspirational and positive quotes to start the new year.
