At many points in our lives, we draw up plans about what we want from life and how we will go about achieving it.
Sometimes, we even write down our goals, and try to capture what we want in our lives through it.
At time, all this is just not enough.
While it may work for most people, it does make a difference if you do this differently.
Here's how a dream board can help you out.

• Visual representation - A visual representation sometimes can do the trick that the written word cannot.
  A dream board helps you to express what you want to achieve with the help of pictures.
  As you go about creating your dream board, the complete picture emerges, so you can see exactly what you're after.
  
• Better understanding - Sometimes our subconscious works on its own silently to show you what you really want.
  At such instances, the dream board is usually very helpful because when you start putting up pictures and let the pattern evolve, you will have a better idea about your goals.
  
• Erases confusion - At times, we are not sure of what we want to achieve.
  Our goals may seem conflicting to us and this is where a dream board can help you out.
  You might start off in a certain direction but after you have it out there on your dream board, you know for sure what you want to achieve.
  

All this sounds great.
So how does one go about making a dream board? It's rather simple and can turn into an interesting exercise.
Just make sure you have some free time on hand because it's better to finish it in one go.
You will need:

• A large board
• Glue
• Scissors
• Felt tipped pens
• Magazines

Steps

• From the magazines, cut out pictures that appeal to you because they depict what you want from life.
  Look at colorful pictures that evoke certain feelings in you.
  
• Do the pictures make you wish you were a part of the picture, either because they're simply beautiful to look at or because it could actually be you one day? For whatever reason, collect pictures from magazines and start gluing them on the board.
  
• You can glue them haphazardly as a collage or in an organized fashion.
  It really doesn't matter, because in the end, it should appeal to you.
  
• If you're the kind who likes decoration, then use glitter and sparkly colors to jazz up the board.
  If you prefer being sober, then no harm done.
  Let your board remain as it is.
  Simple but evocative.
  
• The next step is placing the board.
  Place it strategically at a location where you can look at it often.
  You can keep it in open view of others or hidden but do remember to look at it often.
  

Dream boards work by invoking your subconscious mind to start achieving what you have visualized on the board.