My who I want to be when I grow up vision board...

I have at home on the wall above my desk, a dream board, or vision board. I have taken images and words that convey what I hope for in life and taped them onto a poster board for me to look at every day.  This is not a new concept.  I have done dozens of these over the years.  Almost every training seminar I go to suggests surrounding yourself with the imagery of what you want in your world.
"What you surround yourself with, you become."



So... with that in mind.  I took on a challenge to define myself.  To try to become who I want to be. What is it that I want?

As I was listening to a training video by one of my role models (Chalene Johnson) she suggested drawing a picture of who you want to be.  What is the image you want to portray.  Well.... I drew my picture.  I hated it.  Mostly because I am a lousy artist.  But also because I can't capture in a single drawing every piece of me I want to envision. and how I want to see me.

I began asking myself, Who are my role models?  Who do I want to be like when I grow up?
I started making my list of who I admire and my list of amazing women grew and grew and grew.  I found I admired people, not because they were perfect, but because they were unique, had amazing qualities I could learn from.  I found myself picking more and more and more.  Of course it would be impossible to be ALL of these women wrapped into one.  I can only be ME... whatever that is.  In the meantime, I can seek after qualities I want to improve in me.

Here is my partial list of people that have attributes of what I want developed in me when I grow up...

Mother Teresa, Servant of God

Shawna Kaminski, Fitness professional over 50 and rocking her style

 Chalene Johnson : Fitness professional and Personal development coach and more.

Marjory Hinckley, Devoted wife, mother and support.  Humble, sweet and a great example of quiet leadership. Loved life and family and God.   

Meryl Streep - Talented and natural in a world of hypocrisy and falsehoods  She stands out as a queen in her profession. I love her natural beauty. 

 Malala Yusafzay-  faced death in the face and still didn't back down from the principles she believed in.  She was shot for it. (And survived)

I have Oprah and Condoleeza on here as strong beautiful people that lead in unique and seperate ways.  

Suze Orman went from broke to financial guru.

Ellen Degeneres for her humor, love of life and ability to make everyone feel special. Oh and mad dancing skillz.

Oh and who can forget my amazing Mom?  one of the most talented and inspiring women I have ever met in my life.  I would say that even if she weren't my mother. a mother of 10 kids and as faithful a lady you will ever find who still knows how to party when the time is right or not right...  (all those irreverent giggles in church.... and parodies of church songs....  sheesh....) 

And my list of amazing women could go on and on and on.... all the people I have met who have inspired me.  There are too many to put here. I find God has surrounded me with the most amazing people.  I find something in almost everyone I meet that I can take and learn from and try to better myself.  I want to be like a piece of all of them.

So There you have it.  A snapshot of the kinds of women I admire and want to reflect when I grow up.  I want to be a great mom and wife and daughter of God.  I want to be generous and kind and seek to serve.  I want to be fun, and dance and smile and help others to do the same.  I want to be smart and lead and make changes.  I want to be fearless in the face of death when it comes to standing up for what I believe in.  I want to inspire people to change their lives.  I want to be strong and fit and healthy.    I want to be remembered as honest, kind and loving.  I want people to know me as a servant of God and having loved mankind.  I want to have done all I could do to make this world a better place to live in for future generations.
I know I cannot be all these people.  I will be Me.  I will be the best version of me I can be.  What that will look like on a picture???  I really don't know.  Certainly the photo I have here can't represent the whole me.  But it makes me giggle.  So it stays.

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I want to learn how to use Photoshop so I can put my face on this picture.

Who do you want to be when you grow up?  

What does your picture look like?