Vision Board Ideas Generator

Pick the parts of your life this board is for. For each one you get words to put on it, pictures to look for — with the Pinterest search that finds them — and one line to read every morning. Keep the ones that feel like yours and shuffle the rest.

What is this board for?

Choose as many as you like — three to five makes a board you can take in at a glance.

The year it is for
Words for each part

Your ideas for career, health and travel

My vision board24 ideas

Quick answer: a good vision board covers three to five parts of your life — career, money, health, home, travel, love, family, learning, creativity or calm — and for each one it holds a few words that say what you want, a couple of pictures that make it feel real, and one sentence you would be glad to read every morning. Pick your parts of life above and the generator fills in all three for each, with a Pinterest search for every picture so you can find one that looks like your version of it.

How to use it

Tap the parts of life this board is for — as many as you like; tap again to take one off. Choose the year it is for and how many words you want for each part. Every part gets its words, two picture ideas and an affirmation. Show me different ideas shuffles all of them; the link keeps exactly what you see, so you can send your board to a friend or open it again on your phone. Copy the list puts it in your notes, and Print it gives you a clean page to cut up or stick next to a paper board.

How to make a vision board, step by step

  1. Decide what the board is for. Three to five parts of your life is plenty. A board that tries to cover everything ends up saying nothing.
  2. Write the words first. One short phrase per goal — "Run a 10k", "Six months saved", "Finish the first chapter". Specific beats grand: a phrase you can picture beats "success".
  3. Find a picture for each phrase. This is where Pinterest earns its place: search the phrase, save the pins that look like your version of it to one board, and pick the best from there. Each idea above links straight to that search.
  4. Add one sentence per part to read every day. Present tense and about what you do, not what you wish would happen: "I move my body every day because it feels good."
  5. Put it together where you will see it. A corkboard over the desk, a Pinterest board, or one image you set as your phone's lock screen — a board you only see once a year is a poster.
  6. Turn each part into one next step. The board shows where you are going; the week still needs the first small thing to do about it.

Paper, Pinterest, or your phone?

A paper board is the classic: magazine cuttings and printed pins on a corkboard, somewhere you walk past every day. A Pinterest board is the easiest to start and to keep changing — make it secret if you would rather nobody saw it. A phone or desktop wallpaper is the one you will see most often: a lock screen is looked at dozens of times a day. Many people keep all three: collect on Pinterest, print the favourites, and make one image for the phone. For a single image of your board at the size Pinterest and phones use, the free Pin Designer turns your favourite photo and your words into a 1000×1500 picture in the browser.

What makes a vision board work

A vision board is a planning and motivation exercise, not a promise: it helps in the way a written goal helps — it makes you decide what you want and keeps it in front of you. Nothing about the board itself makes the goal happen. That is why the steps above end with a next step for each part, and why the affirmations here describe things you do ("I finish what I start") rather than things that will happen to you.

FAQ

What should I put on my vision board?
For each part of your life you care about this year: a few words that name the goal ("Debt free", "Weekly date night", "Read 24 books"), one or two pictures that make it feel real, and one sentence to read every day. Choose your parts of life above and the generator suggests all three for each.
What are good words for a vision board?
Short, specific phrases you can picture: "Run a 10k", "Six months saved", "Our own place", "Finish the course", "Slow mornings". A specific phrase gives the picture something to show; a single abstract word ("success", "abundance") usually does not.
How many pictures should a vision board have?
Enough to cover each goal once or twice — for three to five parts of life that is usually eight to fifteen pictures. More than that and the board gets hard to take in at a glance, which is the whole point of it.
What are some vision board affirmations?
Present-tense sentences about what you do: "I save a part of everything I earn before I spend any of it", "I show up for the people who show up for me", "I do not have to do everything today". Each part of life in the generator has five to choose from; shuffle to see others.
Can I make a vision board on Pinterest?
Yes — make a board (a secret one if you prefer), name it for the year, and save pins for each goal into it; board sections can hold each part of your life. Every picture idea above links to the Pinterest search that finds it.
When should I make a vision board?
Whenever you are deciding what the next year or season is for — most people make one in late December or January. From September the generator assumes you are planning the coming year; you can switch it to this year.