January is International Creativity Month – a whole month dedicated to Creativity! Many will start the New Year off making resolutions and creating lists of ambitions and goals to accomplish before the end of 2010. Sometimes the list will include vows to: lose weight, exercise regularly, write that book, contribute to savings, limit spending, work less & play more, spend time with the family… (fill in the resolution I’m missing). You get the point, these things are well and good, but will they really happen?
Did you know that according to the latest statistics, 40% of us will make New Years resolutions? Those who make resolutions are more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions. Most of those folks probably took a pen and made a list, or they sat down at their computer screen. The act of writing something down is a powerful way to make your thoughts tangible. The act of making a Vision Board (or collage) with pictures illustrating the written list of your hopes, dreams, intentions and resolutions for 2010 can take your projections from possibilities to reality.
The Vision Board is part magic and part puzzle. If you’d like help getting started, Mary E. Knippel (Creativity Mentor and immediate past president of WNBA-SF) is facilitating a workshop on Jan 30 on the San Mateo Coastside. The workshop is sponsored by the Women’s National Book Assn-San Francisco Chapter and a member benefit to promote professional development. It will be a day of goal setting, brain storming, writing, laughter and plenty of sharing. It’s a bargain too $30 for WNBA-SF members and $45 for non-members.
Start 2010 off on a creative note and sign up today at www.wnba-sfchapter.org.
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