Vision Board to Reality

A few years ago, I was on a mission to quit my 9 to 5 career and make it big as an entrepreneur. I desired the freedom that came with being my own boss, making my own decisions and positively impacting those around me.

On October 23, 2020, I created my newest vision board.

On it, I had a collage of photos of various things I wanted to experience.

Things I wanted to make the norm in my life.

These things included a healthy and loving support system.

Doing life with partner who loved me deeply and was also my spiritual companion and best friend.

Feeling confident in myself, my abilities, gifts and talents.

A healthy lifestyle that included regular exercise, delicious and nutritious meals and prioritizing my mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Days filled with fun, adventure and freedom.

Overall peace, joy and fulfillment in all areas of my life.

The beautiful life I dreamed of creating as an entrepreneur.

When I made this vision board, I also wrote out a declaration that I would speak out loud every single day:

• I am self-employed because this is how I choose to live my life.

• I have the freedom to go about my business as I please, work as much or as little as I

decide and buy whatever I desire.

• I am uninterested in struggle. I am only available for ease and flow.

• Part of being able to live this way is because I choose to give up the guilt of other

people’s opinions about what I should and shouldn’t do with my life.

• It is safe for me to invest my time, energy and money in myself.

• It is safe for me to be creative.

• It is safe for me to be a rich and powerful woman.

• I choose to protect my enthusiasm and care for my joy.

• I say yes to my fulfillment and I own the fullness of who I am.

• I am worthy and valued because I am ME.

• I give myself permission to step into my power and I allow myself to receive all the

blessings, opportunities and abundance of the Universe.

• It is done!

Four years later, I still work my 9 to 5 and run my small business on the side.

I realize I am not fully self-employed just yet.

But in my quest for self-employment, I accomplished something I NEVER saw coming.

SELF GOVERNANCE.

• having control over one’s own affairs;

• the freedom to rule over oneself;

• not influenced or controlled by others.

I look back at my declaration now and realize how far I’ve come.

And how I didn't actually need to become a CEO to get here.

Back when I was writing it out, it seemed so surreal to me.

Back when I would recite my declaration, the idea of this confident, wealthy woman who could not be swayed by other people's opinions and had high standards, strong boundaries and emotional intelligence was such a foreign concept to me.

Back when I would visualize the person who moved with this level of grace and sophistication, I wondered if I would ever morph into this powerhouse I aspired to be.

Today, as I came across my vision board and studied my declaration again, I felt a surge of gratitude, awe and peace come over me.

I did it.

Four years and three weeks into this creative process.

I became exactly who I set out to be.

And so much more.