Visualization

Visualization is a practice of imagining the achievement of your goals. 

This practice gives you the driving force to pursue your dreams and, according to Viktor Frankl, meaning in life. 

Visualization can be practiced by either:
Writing down your goals and imagining the completion of these goals
OR
Creating a vision board and adding images to the board that will help you in imagining the achievement of your goal.

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson noted that for everything you gain you lose something else.  Think through your life and what achievements you would like to reach.
2. Complete the exercise of Life Balance Wheel to determine what areas in your life you need to focus on. 
3. Decide what goals you want to achieve
4. Find the pictures or images that best represent the achievement of the goals
5. Make a collage of the images either digitally or on paper 

For detailed instructions on how to create a vision board read How to Create a Vision Board

Pythagoras in his teachings identified that in order to live a fulfilling life it is important to focus on all aspects of life. 
14 Rules to Live By from Pythagoras cover the different life areas in depth.

At Effluo we summarized these into 6 Life Areas 

1. Financial and Professional
2. Family and Relationships
3. Intellectual and Hobbies 
4. Physical Health and Body
5. Social and Environmental
6. Spiritual and Emotional 

1. Download the life balance wheel PDF
2. Each part of the wheel represents the six life areas to focus on from the vision board
3. Think through how satisfied you are with each area
4. Color in the number of lines   1= not satisfied  10 = very satisfied
5. Review the areas that you need to focus on
6. Create goals that would help you balance out the wheel

For detailed instructions go  Life Balance Wheel blog post

• Focus on spiritual growth and development
• Maintain healthy family relationships
• Have a strong network of friends
• Develop emotional intelligence and self-respect
• Be purpose-driven and set goals
• ‘Memento Mori’ remember your mortality
• Embrace uncertainty
• Respect the opinions of others but think for yourself
• Take deliberate actions
• Be a continuous learner
• Take care of your physical health
• Avoid excessive spending
• Practice generous giving
• Practice regular retrospection

• For everything you missed, you gained something else and vice versa
• Balance your life so you consciously gain what you desire

• Visualizing your achievements gives you purpose to continue through any struggles
• Visualization of your goals gives your life meaning