In February, while everyone else is buying roses, chocolates and bracelets for the ones they love, my husband and I are saving our pennies, staying home and creating our couple’s vision board.
Creating a couple’s vision board every year allows us to talk deeply about our goals, how we feel in our relationship today and align on what we want going forward.
This dedicated time to focus on each other’s needs helps us stay focused on what matters: each other’s growth, happiness and our partnership. We always know how we can support each other in this game called life and how we can both enjoy the journey without losing who we want to become.
Last year, my husband and I created a couple’s vision board centered around the goal of growing our family.
What would it look like to get pregnant?
Your vision board should encompass the journey in the same way that it does the end result.
Brainstorming on what your life will look like on the journey to becoming pregnant is just as important as putting that bright-eyed baby on your vision board.
A partner
Unless you plan on having a baby by yourself (which you totally can in this day and age) you’ll need a partner in crime to share the pregnancy journey with. Add the type of partner you want to have accompany you along this journey.
You may already have a partner, but you’ll also want to add how they’ll show up to support you along the way.
A strong financial position
I wanted to make sure I felt confident that having children wouldn’t completely throw off my ability to accomplish the goals I’d already set for myself. This includes traveling, retiring early and taking family trips (big and small).
Having a strong financial position would make me feel more comfortable along the way.
What’s do you want to have
No vision board is complete without adding in imagery for what you want to have.
A family
If your baby will be an addition to your family, try to find an image that completes your family or gives you those beautiful family vibes.
For our vision board, we added a family of five: two parents, one daughter and two little boys. (Surprisingly enough, that’s the family that we have now!)
A baby
Don’t be coy.
You know that you want a baby in your life so put that baby on the vision board. Seriously, how do you expect to get what you want out of life if you’re not even willing to say you want it out loud?
Be honest with yourself… and with your vision board creation.
Find the cutest little baby that you can and put his or her picture on the vision board.
Family Adventure
I had my daughter at age 19. Since that moment, I became more responsible than I ever needed to be. I worked harder than anyone else. Stayed up later, studied more.
Now that my daughter is 13, I've grown comfortable with saying “come on, let’s roll!” knowing I didn’t need an hour of packing a bag, warming a bottle and lugging a car seat around with me everywhere I went.
Going back to the baby stage would undoubtedly mean I’d have more baggage to carry around. But still, I wanted to maintain the same (if not more) level of adventure that our family created when we were a 3-person family of adults. So we included lots of opportunities for adventure into our vision board. I don’t care if it takes more work, I still want to prioritize adventure.
A loving home
Come on, can you look at a baby without wanting to nuzzle their little cheeks, cuddle them and smell their little heads?
No, no you can’t. :)
Creating visualizations around the love and support you’ll have in your home when you do have your baby will remind you what the end goal will look like and how much love and support you’ll have around you when your baby arrives.
How do you want to feel
Having a new baby always comes with a wave of emotions. Some people feel overwhelmed, stressed and tired. Then there are the others. Those pinterest-friendly parents that make the baby-drama look like a cake walk.
Well, I wanted to be the cake-walk-parent. I wanted to feel freedom, joy, and well-rested.
I wanted parenting to feel FUN. (My husband has always thought I was a bit crazy to want fun out of my children, but if I can create the life I want, why would I create anything else?)
The purpose of the vision board is to say out loud, visually, that you’d like to position yourself to easily receive a baby into your home.
Create your vision board around what you want your home to look and feel like when you add a child into your life. And then, like any goal, begin working towards it.
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About the author
Cyrene is a fun and accomplished workshop facilitator, learning and development guru and Human Resources professional. Being at the helm of Thrive Lounge has been a long-time dream. Through vision board workshops she plans to accomplish two-way learning. Sharing her vast years of knowledge to motivate and encourage others; while simultaneously getting the reward of great energy, ideas and questions to ponder back from each group. A super win-win. Please join our Thrive Lounge community so you too can benefit!
