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The trick to making your vision board actually wor

The trick to making your vision board actually work? Just like with setting goals, you have to get specific. Images and words need to be intentionally selected and purposefully placed. So instead of just randomly finding pictures and glueing them on a piece of paper, only to have it get lost on your desk or end up in the trash, here are my five tips:

1. Choose goal categories: break it down into different areas of your life, i.e. physical health, mental health, finances, work, relationships, family, travel, etc.

2. Write specific ones for each: this might be one goal or multiple for each category, but again, you must get specific on what you are trying to accomplish. If it’s not definitive, it’s difficult to create an action plan associated with the goal.

3. Find images that align: they might not be 100% perfect, but if you put in the effort, you can get pretty close. These photos will serve as subconscious reminders and the visualization behind it is very powerful.

4. Arrange on a board: I kept mine grouped in categories, but you do you. Make this the fun part that unleashes your creative side.

5. Put where you will see it daily: i.e. your closet, bathroom mirror, refrigerator, etc. Hanging it up in an odd place where you won’t look at it won’t help you. Review your vision board every day.

Cheers to manifesting your best year yet!

I’ve been wrestling with the “word of the year

I’ve been wrestling with the “word of the year” idea for weeks. It’s supposed to a focus word that guides you toward achieving goals. In the past three years, I chose courage, ignite and strength.

It’s easy to pick the pretty, IG worthy word. The one that makes sense to other people. But that doesn’t always become intentional. Like most things, we have to go beyond the surface level to find what’s truly meaningful.

Mid-December, when preparing to push the reset button at the turn of the year, there was one word that kept popping up everywhere and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since - UNCOMFORTABLE. The simple word to go along with my goals is GROWTH, but that’s not specific enough.

For example, I’ve been struggling to complete my mental health objectives. It’s an area where I need to get even more defined, but starting has been so tricky. Growing within that space is a must, but getting vulnerable with myself is not my strong suit. It makes me uncomfortable. So I suppress, ignore and therefore, not make much change.

2023 is my year of growth. But the only way I’m actually going to be able to do that is if I get uncomfortable. Each day, I’m making myself do one thing that pushes me outside of my comfort zone, even if it’s a small check-in with myself to see how I’m really feeling. And by mid-December 2023, I know I’ll look back at this year to see how much I’ve improved in multiple aspects of life - all because I selected a “word of the year” that’s a little unconventional.

Christmas in ten photos 🎁🎄❤️ Family tra

Christmas in ten photos 🎁🎄❤️

Family traditions, star sprinkles on Santa’s cookies per Owen’s request, lots of smiles, almost a few giggles out of Cal, breakfast food all day, Christmas movies and football on TV, and two boys who get bigger by the second. Cal barely fits in his three-to-six month jammies and see the last picture for Owen looking wayyyyy bigger than a two-year-old should.

Not pictured: All of Cal’s blowouts/outfit changes, Owen (who has a virus) getting tackled to wipe his nose with tissues, Adam and I telling Owen that Cal is “stinky” so he wouldn’t go close to his baby brother, Owen pushing the start button on his quad 2849591 times to make the revving sound and saying “that’s so funny” the same amount of times, Adam hauling ten wheelbarrow loads of cinderblock debris out of the backyard, and a tired mama who ate too many sugary treats and couldn’t even make it through a Christmas movie at the end of the night.

Merry Christmas from the Hofmanns!

#grOWENup #whatsnextwithCalvinRex

My little buddy is getting so big 🥹😭 As much

My little buddy is getting so big 🥹😭 As much as I love to see him learn new skills, explore the world around him and discover who he is, it also makes my mama heart hurt that he’s not a baby anymore.

In a way, it’s like we are growing up together. Motherhood is inspiring, beautiful and fulfilling, but also challenging, messy and humbling. Just as Owen is figuring out who he is, I am doing the same right alongside of him.

He is my greatest teacher. And I am sure Cal will have a few lessons for me too.

#grOWENup

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