my dream board

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!

my dream board!