The Secrets of Vision Boards

So, in my search of full time employment, it's been a challenge to keep my spirits up.  Looking for a job is a full time job.  Nonetheless, if any of you know someone who works at Nike, please tell them I am pretty cool.  This video is how I feel about those working at Nike.  It is also a pretty cool video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXTlczyWJ-Y

Ok, so this last week after going on another interview (getting pretty good at these... or maybe I am getting worse).  So, naturally I started to think of other ways to bring good "job" energy to my little world besides sending resumes and praying-endlessly.  I thought of a vision board.  Oh and watching The Secret, of course.  I got some mixed reactions to this.  Some believe in this, others not so much.  However, there are many reasons this was probably in my subconscious, one is the fact I made a vision board April 2013.  Yep. I hung it my training room.  I had it taped up on my front door inside so I would always see it.  But then it kept falling down and all I could vision was myself taping it back up.  Hence, it was in my training room.

Of course the poster board is hot pink!

The other day I was in there to get something and I happened to glance at it.  Being outside training I haven't really looked at it.  My draw dropped a little.  First, the girl in one of the pictures is wearing the exact running shoes I would switch to in May 2013.  I had always been a Brooks girl for years, then in May I went to the local running store and told them my feet just felt like they needed a shake up because I was getting shin splints and wanted a different shoe.  Low and behold, he brought out a hot pink pair of Asic Gel Nimbus 14. I truly believe you need to be energized by the color of your running shoe, otherwise, what is the point of spending that $ ;-)  I fell in love with them.  It was like running on pillows! Also, this sealed the deal that hot pink is my signature color! A little product review that I and others have noticed with Asics. The inside of the heel will wear out; thus a good indicator it's time for a new set and for you to be a little annoyed.   But not until you have gotten your well-deserved use, but still.  So, here is a close up of the girl and then a pair of the shoes the sales person brought out.

This is my 3rd and last pair.

I know right!  Ok, so on the board you also see a lot about running.  To keep running and run with your heart.  I was going to focus on running and start fresh with these new shoes.  I just finished a race before buying these and I wanted to get better because I had signed up for a my first marathon in September in Pocatello.  I had always pushed off doing a marathon-it scared me.  However, I would watch the NYC 

Marathon every year on TV.  I had been in the drawing since 2011, only to not make it in.  Then, in May,one month after the vision board and putting running sayings/images on it, I got picked for the NYC Marathon!!! A life long dream came true and how cool that it would be my first marathon.  So, I dropped the September Marathon to a half and began training for NYC. I also documented the journey on Facebook so people could be with me from Week 1 to the Finish Line.

Amazeballs.  

Asic Gel Nimbus 15-NYC 13 edition

Also, you will see that I put pictures for Triathlons as well.  One specifically says "Every Girl Has An Iron Core."  When I cut this out there was very little thought of doing an Ironman.  I had done sprint triathlons-numerous and I was kinda ok with that.  Then in 2014 it aligned.  I pushed myself harder in the pool, entered Masters more regularly, bought a new bike, became friends with Ironman and convinced a good friend to do a Half Ironman with me in Calgary.  I also PR'd every triathlon this year. Before any of this, when I would randomly catch the Ironman on TV, I would only think "hmm looks intense and hmm, looks like something to do that day."  But, so many things from January 2014 on aligned and pushed me to compete in Calgary 2014.

Awesome Sauce.  

So, I am going to make a vision board, with a lot of Nike stuff on it and cute outfits and some pictures of making money and paying off school loans-HA.  Whatever you need to do to get to the next level do it.  My friend recently told me "If it makes you feel uncomfortable, then it is probably right."  So, here is to dreaming (visioning) big.