finally,
i completed my dream board! this had been nagging at the back of my mind, ever
since my mastermind group suggested creating our own dream board a few years
ago. that time, i did created one but it was not up to my satisfaction. i
attempted to redo for a few times after that but never got to complete, until
recently. a few months back, i was attending a master class, an extension of
the money & you programme which i took in april 2015. the 4-days
programme taught about a number of generalised principles, which were useful
and applicable to both personal and business aspects. the master class was
meant for the participants to apply the principles taught, through a series of
exercises. during one of the sessions, the trainer wanted us to create and
complete a personal project by the end of all the sessions. i immediately
thought of my incomplete dream board and decided to set this as my personal
project. this seemed quite achieveable within the next 5 weeks.
firstly,
i arranged to learn photoshop from jada after work (had wanted to learn this as
well), intending to use the software to create my dream board. in exchange, i
would teach her on excel, barter trading of our skill sets! she was
patient to teach me and shared that the important thing was to visualise what i
want in my dream board and create it into reality with photoshop. sounded
simple yet difficult.
the
most challenging part was to search for pictures which i could relate to and
able to represent who i am. i dived into looking though hundreds of pictures in
google, selecting the most appropriate pictures to put into my dream board.
with the photoshop skills i learnt and arranging the pictures in the best
manner, my dream board began to form. the final result turned out to be a
wonderful mix of my favorite colours of blue, yellow and brown, with each
picture carefully selected, of certain significance to me.
"be
free", of birds flying, a state i wanted to achieve, freedom in mind, body
and heart, living my life free of limitations and worries. i included a picture
of the still-incomplete sagrada familia church, located in barcelona,
spain. the church was designed by the late architect, antoni gaudi, which began
construction in 1882 and estimated to be completed in 2028. i was totally
amazed by the architecture and would want to personally see his masterpiece in
future. antoni gaudi had designed and built other great buildings such as park
guell and casa batllo. definitely looking forward to be immersed in his works.
i would want to see the original painting of the starry night by vincent van gogh
as well. the painting was currently located in museum of modern art,
new york city. there was a van gogh museum in amsterdam, netherlands, with the
largest collection of van gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. another
museum on my list to visit. i chose a meaningful quote by buckminister fuller,
which was shared during the money & you programme and i resonated with it.
i always only had a inkling feeling about my true purpose and the words,
"your significance will remain forever obscure to you..." just hit
me, like the hard truth being put right into my face. "fulfilling your
role if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the highest
advantage of others.", something for me to chew on. i chose a photo of me
at poon hill in nepal, with the unforgettable mountain view and the sense
of peace i felt when i was there. sometimes, i would visualise myself at poon
hill, like my energy spot to recharge. the centre message of "when
was the last time you did something for the first time?" was to push
myself to keep stepping out of my comfort zone and do new things. coffee and
books would always be part of my life. the love balloon was to remind myself to
love myself, in every and any other way. lastly, i had to put a photo of
christina and me, a very dear friend close to my heart. she had been with me
through my ups and downs and always put a smile on my face whenever i recalled the
wonderful moments we had together.
i
was jokingly telling jada that my dream board was worth S$800 (the cost of the
master class). if not for the master class, i wondered when i would complete
it. all worth the effort!
