Vision Board 2020

I was inspired to make a vision board for the next decade. What kind of life do I want to have in 10 years? Confession - I’m older than I look and there are many things that I’ve always thought would happen eventually, but they haven’t happened yet. Well, I need to take steps to MAKE them happen in the next 10 years and be more PROactive instead of REactive. It was surprisingly easy for me to brainstorm all these things - they’ve been in the background of my mind but I haven’t really put pen to paper on many of them. As a visual person SEEING your goals is super important!

AER HEAD was the first thing I thought of, but I’m talking about the WHOLE SERIES here, not just issue 1. #1 is a goal for just 2020. If I can complete an issue per year with one Kickstarter per year that would be fantastic.

After I had my main ideas, I wondered what it would take to achieve them. They fell into 3 main categories: time, money, spirituality, or some combination thereof. Having a more abundant mindset is more on the spiritual spectrum, whereas I definitely need more money to get an art studio space. Also gotta say that even though I do all this crazy planning, I need to make more room in my life for spontaneity/enjoying life more, which is hard to do when I need to be so disciplined in art creation.

I came to the conclusion that before most of these things can happen, I need to focus on creating a more sustainable art career first. In the next blog you’ll see my separate action board for that. Note the distinction between VISION board and ACTION board. Vision boards are nice ideas to look at, keep in mind, and be inspired by, whereas action boards are specific actions you can take to achieve your vision.

Action

What are some big life goals on your mind you’ve been thinking about for awhile? Make a vision board! I just used a big sheet of paper, construction paper, and a marker. Make it fun by writing in different styles, cutting fun shapes, or using different colors. If you’re not that “artistic,” you can type out words in different fonts in Microsoft Word. Cheers to your success in life, career, love, pets, etc in 2020!

Inspiration: Make 100____!

I’m already thinking about my plans for the new year, which is actually a new DECADE! I want to hit the ground running in 2020 and will do a post on some of my goals in the next few weeks, but I wanted to share something cool with you: Kickstarter’s “Make 100” campaign. I’m not participating in it (still working on my own Kickstarter fulfillment!) but if you want to get your feet wet with Kickstarter for the first time, Make 100 is a great way to finally give yourself the push you need!

Make 100 happens every January and you can make 100 anything - 100 copies of zines, 100 bracelets, 100 cupcakes, anything! It’s very advantageous if you coordinate a project you’ve wanted to do with one of Kickstarter’s special promos like this because you’ll probably get a bit of extra attention from being a part of the larger campaign. Kickstarter promotes Make 100, people search for it, and your project may end up in a featured newsletter (happened to me twice for “Small Press Big Ideas.”)

I’m telling you this now so you still have time to plan if you want to launch anytime in January. You could even launch at the end and have almost 2 months to plan. I know that people have various thoughts and feelings about Kickstarter (my launch happened mid-kerfuffle), but you can’t deny that it is the best platform to launch a project in a HUGE way. There were people who just found me “out of nowhere” just from Kickstarter!

Business Tip

Start planning for the new decade now instead of the first week of January and then give up the second week of January. By brainstorming now I feel like I have more time and space to determine what goals matter to me.