How (And Why) To Create A Vision Board For Your Relationship

Anyone who’s ever been online has probably come across a vision board – a visual representation using quotes, magazine clippings, words, and pictures to depict and affirm someone’s goals. A vision board serves as a reminder of what they’re working towards, a life they want to cultivate and live.

Most often, a vision board is covered with pictures of a city we want to move to, or quotes from someone whose life we want to emulate, or lifestyle photos that show us something to aspire to. Vision boards are typically used to inspire us to work more fervently and wisely toward our fitness, career, or lifestyle goals – if we have something to visualize as a life we could be living out, we might be more likely not to give up on our goals.

And with 2023 just beginning, you might be considering making a vision board to live this year to its fullest. But have you ever thought about making a vision board for your relationship with your boyfriend, fiancé, or husband? 

Why a Relationship Vision Board Is a Good Idea

For a relationship to deepen, we have to approach it with intentionality; just like anything else that’s important, we can’t leave it be and hope for the best. If we desire for our relationship to have good communication, emotional intimacy, trust, forward momentum, and respect, we have to do something in order to cultivate that – relationships won’t necessarily naturally have these qualities, even if we truly love each other.

This is where a vision board comes into play. By making a vision board for your relationship together, you can focus on the qualities that you both want to grow in this year, whether that’s learning how to handle conflict better, or to have more regular date nights, or plan out a clearer future together, or grow a deeper emotional and mental connection. A vision board enables you to “see” where you want your relationship to improve. It also helps you consistently remind yourself of your boyfriend’s/husband’s desires for the relationship.

A vision board enables you to “see” where you want your relationship to improve and what qualities you want to better embody.

How To Make a Relationship Vision Board

So you’re all in – you want to make a vision board for your relationship…but you don’t know how. Are you just supposed to cut up and paste some pretty pictures? Find “inspirational” quotes? Here’s how you can put together a vision board that actually works.

Clarify Your Vision

Grab your journal and set aside some time to reflect on the past year, and have your guy do the same, separately. On your own, consider what worked and what didn’t. Think about where you’d like to see your relationship a year from now. Jot down your thoughts without stopping to think or edit yourself, but don’t rush. Clarify your vision as much as possible, writing down words/phrases that embody your desires. Then, come together and discuss what you each wrote down.

Decide How You Want To Make Your Vision Board and Gather Materials

Now that you have a direction for your vision board, you can start actually assembling some materials. Figure out whether you want to make your board digitally (Canva is a free design website that has “board” templates) or with an actual board, like a corkboard, wire board, poster board, or whiteboard. Depending on the type of board you use, you might need scissors, glue, tape, pushpins, photo clips, paper clips, magnets, or stickers. You can also invest in decorative embellishments like ribbon or fairy lights – anything that speaks to you.

Choose What Will Go on the Vision Board

Find photos, quotes, postcards, words, clippings, or anything else that affirms your goals together. For a relationship vision board, this might look like a place you want to travel to together, pictures of the two of you, quotes about love that inspire you, a list of dates you want to go on, or a few specific words (e.g., gentleness, passion) that you want to bring more of into your relationship. Take your time curating what you’ll add to your vision board – there’s no need to rush this process.

Put It All Together

The best part of vision boards? There’s no right or wrong when it comes to actually putting together your vision board. Make a date night of it – have dinner, open a bottle of wine, start placing the pieces on your board, and reassemble it as needed. Don’t be afraid to shift items around and really get creative.

Place It Somewhere You’ll See It Often

Wherever you find yourself spending a good amount of time, place your vision board there. This can be in your home office, in the living room, or above the dresser in your bedroom. You want to be reminded of your goals as often as possible!

Closing Thoughts

Vision boards aren’t just for your fitness, career, or lifestyle goals. Your relationship will always benefit from intentionality and communication, and a vision board will help you do just that this year. 

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