On Jan. 29, the Gorilla Activities Board (GAB) hosted an event in front of the Campus Bookstore in the Overman Student Center, inviting students to make vision boards.
Vision boards are meant to help someone have a physical reminder of a goal they have set for themselves or reminders for yourself. One of the students in attendance, Luis Cancinos, a sophomore studying construction, said that he was “focusing on a lot of growth as a person, like being responsible.”
Not only did he want to focus on personal growth and responsibility, but he also wanted to include a few messages for himself, such as “Celebrate your small wins,” saying “Small wins lead to big wins, and when you get those big ones, you’ve got to remember to celebrate those small wins.”
Cancinos had some great advice concerning something many people, especially students, struggling with daily life. He included a small card in his vision board that said, “Progression over Perfection.” He interpreted the message as meaning, “Nobody’s ever perfect, and as long as you’re getting another step ahead every day, you’re getting a little better.”
Morgan Scott, a senior in the nursing program and the president of GAB, said that vision boards were good “for people to get their vision of their year and their goals put together and put on a board.”
Scott said that vision boards were a passion of hers that she does every year to help visualize her goals and intentions for the year ahead. To her, putting not only your goals, intentions, and your motivations was important, but putting your personality into it was something she valued in them, saying that “you’re not going to hang it up if it doesn’t reflect who you are.”
Bella Nadeau is not only a sophomore studying elementary education, but she is also the programming chair for GAB, so she was the lead for this event. Due to how soon the event was scheduled after the new school year began, she said she did most of the planning during the break on her own. She spent a few days on Pinterest to get more ideas for things to include in the tables of supplies. She took a different approach to her vision board. She took the approach of things to look forward to and keep her motivated throughout the year through reminders of the travel plans she has set for the year.
Sommer Fisher, a family and Senior in consumer sciences major, had “been thinking of making a vision board for a while,” so she was “excited to finally get that chance.”
Fisher thought of it as a “good way to kind of prepare yourself for the new year and get an idea of the things you’re looking forward to.” She says that she is “really looking forward to working with students, traveling with friends, maintaining friendships, and making new friends” for this new year.