My Vision Board

2011 was a year of growth. I finished my first year of working a full time job. I fell in love. I experienced my first horrible break up. I started to think about myself, my future, and what I really want. In other words, now I have a superfluous amount of questions in my head. And I realize that is okay and finding out the answer requires a journey. I am 23 years old and I have a whole lot of life to live and that is okay with me. I want this to be a year of self-discovery, self-renewal, self- love, and self-realization (pretty ambitious I know).

One of my favorite blogs had a couple of ideas that I have decided to embark on. The first was a vision board. Basically, you find pictures of what you want to accomplish for the year together into a collage and then put it up so you have a visual representation of your goals. I finally put mine together!

My sections revolve around career and self.

In terms of myself I really want to battle my weight. I am comfortable 50% of the time in the body I am, but my weight is holding me back mentally and I do not want to live my life like this anymore. However, I am not trying to be a skinny minny. I just want to be comfortable with myself. I want to feel comfortable and confident in myself. I put up women of all sizes because I believe you can be beautiful at any size.

My career and life plan is very much up in the air right now. I am at a crossroads between the public and private sector. I currently work at a charter school in a depressed area of Chicago. I want to continue working in education on the national level... I think. I also want to start my own business or company or be a CEO of a Fortune 500. Which one to choose? My goal is to contact some of the women on my vision board/ women on the Essence Power List.

I am excited for 2012. It will be a great year!