Back in 1997(ish), I was watching the Oprah Winfrey Show (what else, right?!) when she told the world to keep a gratitude journal. At the time, I had never heard of such a thing! But when she said it, I knew it was for me. I went to the book store and bought a gratitude journal. Which was really just a lined notebook, but I wanted something fresh and new to track my gratitude and apparently my regular old journal would not suffice. I loved that little book! Every night, I'd take Oprah's advic...| Carrie Elle
A vision board can help you clarify your goals, establish a plan to reach your goals, and then give you a valuable place to check in with and reconnect with your goals throughout the year. You guys, I love vision boards - for these reasons, but for other ones, too. {Want more free tools? Get a free printable Vision Board Kit here!} First of all - a vision board can be whatever you want it to be. You can read this post with vision board ideas and inspiration to help you get started if you're t...| Carrie Elle
Can we talk about affirmations for a minute? Affirmations are positive things we tell ourselves to shape the way we feel, react, and see our world. As free-thinking humans, we get to choose what we believe, and that includes things we believe about ourselves. A couple of years ago, I started practicing changing the way I think about myself, and what I'm capable of, through positive affirmations. {Want more free tools? Get a free printable Vision Board Kit here!} If you've never done it before...| Carrie Elle
One of the cool things about vision boarding is that your vision board (sometimes called a dream board, or a mood board) can literally be anything. I think we often picture a vision board as giant board on our wall, covered in pictures of everything we want in our lives, but that's not really what it has to be like (it certainly CAN be that way...but don't get hung up on that one idea of what a vision board should be). I've put together some vision board topics to inspire you to think outside...| Carrie Elle