A vision board is a tool used to help you clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on life goals.

Teens through adults can gain so much from seeing their goals in front of them every day. The board simply displays images or words that represent whatever you want to be, do or have in your life.

I would definitely recommend going on Google or YouTube and taking a look at the vision board samples. There are plenty of images to get ideas from.

• Step 1: Go through your magazines and tear the images from them. No gluing yet!

Just let yourself have lots of fun looking through magazines and pulling out pictures or words or headlines that strike your fancy. Have fun with it. Make a big pile of images and phrases and words.

• Step 2: Go through the images and begin to lay your favourites on the board. Eliminate images that no longer feel right. This step is where your intuition comes in. As you lay the pictures on the board, you will get a sense how the board should be laid out.

For instance, you might assign a theme to each corner of the board. Health, career goals, travel and relationships, for instance. Or it may just be that the images want to go all over the place.

• Step 3: Glue everything onto the board. Add writing if you want. You can paint on it, or write words with markers.

• Step 4: Hang your vision board in your bedroom or a place where you will see it often. So when you feel bored or are just passing it every day you can keep your focus on your life goals.