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A Vision, Unfolding


A glassy, turquoise sea meets the mostly clear, blue sky at the horizon line.
A glassy, turquoise sea meets the mostly clear, blue sky at the horizon line.

Personal Reflection: A Vision, Unfolding

I was sitting by the ocean the other day when I randomly remembered a vision board I created in spring 2022. It was a period of deep transition–I was a year out of a long-term relationship, wrapping up my first year working at a new school, a few months into teaching yoga, and only just beginning to feel grounded.

 

With my Mr. Sketch markers and chart paper in hand, I scribbled what I longed to cultivate:

  • A stick-figure me, living in alignment and integrity

  • My blue, slightly sparkly yoga mat

  • An airplane

  • Sunshine, water, family, good food, and wine

  • Words I couldn’t figure out how to draw: abundance, gratitude, contentment, bliss, self-knowledge, growth, humility, resilience

 

Looking back at my camera roll from the past three years, there’s so much evidence of that vision quietly coming alive. The magic wasn’t in tracking or forcing these elements, but rather in following what naturally lit me up. I know it happened piece-by-piece, but all of the sudden here I am, living in a foreign country, teaching yoga, and daily spending time in the sun and water soaking up the abundance of this land.

 

I would not have arrived here, though, without a fair amount of pruning. In my experience, the first step in making space for the unfolding vision was culling as much as I possibly could—commitments, clothing, furniture, jobs, ways that I felt myself being divided.

 

Now, preparing to return for a time, that pruning muscle is well-practiced. I find myself naturally sorting item-by-item in my head. Will my yoga mat come with me? Absolutely. Do I need to return with all my clothes? Not at all. Even “new-ish” items that just don’t feel like me? Still a no.

 

Releasing attachment to things can be a practice ground for holding to vision and clarity in bigger life choices. It’s a muscle of surrender and softening, gently loosening our grip so we can create space for even better.

 

Try It Yourself: Set a Vision 

Vision Board Ideas (It can be paper, digital, messy, beautiful, written, drawn):

  • Write your ideal day, start to finish. When you're done, look for recurring themes or visuals to capture.

  • Post a blank paper somewhere you pass often and add visuals or words whenever something lights you up.

  • Create a photo or word collage using magazines or printed images, whatever helps your vision take shape.

  • Use your phone: start a note named “Vision Board” and save images, links, quotes, or song lyrics that resonate.


The method isn’t crucial, but rather the noticing what does and does not feel aligned.

 

Book Recommendations for Alignment

In the famous Reading Rainbow words, “you don’t have to take my word for it.” If this message resonates, you might enjoy any or all of these books that weave through the themes of vision, letting go, and alignment: 

  • The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck — a soulful path to learning to notice and live aligned with your truth.

  • Essentialism by Greg McKeown — an invitation to focus on fewer things, better.

  • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman — a philosophical nudge to embrace our finite time.


 

If you're feeling a call to reconnect with yourself, your vision, or your boundaries, I have space for 1:1 coaching right now. Let’s explore what's aligned for you and clear what no longer serves. Book a free 30-minute discovery call for more information around how coaching might support you. 

 

With so much love, 

 

Hannah Podschun

 

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