Why I’m unsubscribing from Good Housekeeping

Last night I was working on a Vision Board in preparation for a class I am teaching next month. For this particuIar project, I was trying to avoid looking at the words and focus just on the images, so it took me a while to notice how many of the ads in the magazine were drug company ads.

I decided to go back to the beginning and tear out all of the pharmaceutical ads.

I could not believe it!

So many ads telling us that we are broken, faulty, but don’t worry–we can sell you a medication for that! A toxic, potentially deadly, medication.

The most egregious of these is the Gardasil ad. I recently heard this vaccine referred to as “Garda-kill” by Brandy Vaughn (a former drug company rep for Merck). Think about that. Keep reading

Envision your new year

Consider making a vision board, or collage, or SoulCollage (TM) card for 2016.  If you have chosen a word for this year, you may want to incorporate this into your project in some way, either by putting the actual word in your work, or choosing images that evoke the feeling that your word gives you when you think about it.

vision board

There are many ways to get images for free or very inexpensively:

  1. Old magazines from the library, or from a dentist’s or doctor’s office.
  2. The Dollar Store sometimes has inexpensive books that have interesting images in them.
  3. Old calendars are also often a good source. I found a horse calendar from the feed store that was full of beautiful pictures of horses.
  4. You can print images from your computer, including your personal photos, if you would like to use them.

These are just some ideas to get you going.

What can you create for yourself in 2016?

FULL DISCLOSURE: I have not yet done my vision board for 2016! A friend who is also having trouble getting hers done mentioned that Mercury has been retrograde…aha! It’s not my fault! I have cut out many images and bought a lovely blue poster board, but that’s it.  The photo here is of last year’s board. Keep reading