It may be because I'm a millennial mama, but vision boarding has my heart - whether it's pinning quotes and outfits to a new Pinterest board, or cutting out photos from magazines and Mod Podge-ing them to a canvas, I do both, and swear by them. Creating a vision board can embody challenging small thoughts or actions, too - of the present or the future.

One example I swear by is when I got my first "career" job out of college. I got my bachelor's in hospitality, tourism, and event management, and we had some of the top event and hospitality recruiters come to our school. I remember Auberge and Hyatt closing their internship programs (yay for graduating in the peak of the recession in 2008-09), but Marriott Vacation Clubs came my senior year, and by the grace of recession Gods, they were still accepting students into entry-level hospitality hire positions throughout the US. My sophomore year my "Big" in my sorority convinced me to change my major from graphic design to hospitality, since, in her words, "It's the one profession you can do it all - design, marketing, creativity, events, etc!" She told me I was too "bubbly" to sit behind a desk all day. I went to a lecture hall and listened to a random presentation for seniors (as a sophomore - I was very focused on graduating with honors lol), and there was a woman from the Marriott there. She said if I stuck with hospitality, give her a call. I stuck her business card on my cork board in my sorority house, and didn't think much of it again....well, somehow that little card and cork board made it through two more moves and Chico State weekends, and fast-forward to senior year, interviewing with Marriott, and being recruited by a woman - THAT WOMAN ON THE BUSINESS CARD - and the next thing I knew, I was moving to Park City to work as an Activities Coordinator a week upon graduation. I found "the card" when I was packing to move and had NO idea it was the same woman I had met briefly sophomore year. Her name was Carrie, and that was my first sign of subliminal vision boarding where I really couldn't believe how crazy fate was. A little card sticking to a cork board for three years, where I didn't even realize I saw it every day - and poof. (and it was all totally unintentional, which is my favorite part).

"Vision boards are creative tools that assist (someone reach) personal and professional goals and (overcome) obstacles to success," states Andrea Holyfield, a counselor specializing in career counseling and women's empowerment (American Counseling Association, 2012).