My vision board for 2015

My new vision board for 2015!

Vision boards are so simple to create.
You can use word but I like to use power point.

Simply find your preferred template and search for pictures that apply to your goals.  

Possible subjects include:

Health

Spirituality

Family

Fitness

Self

Work

Household

NOTE:  You can go back and change them at ANY TIME.  Once you accomplish a goal, you can exchange it for a new one.

Below is my vision board for 2015:

From the top left and working clockwise . . .

Graduation - I'll be graduating with my Phd this year
Support - My time will be spent with those that support me
Love Languages - I will spend time developing my relationship
Disney - I will always be more in touch with my inner child
Dance Vision - I will complete my judging certification this year
Dream Job - I will start the next chapter of my career this year
Erase Debt - I will be more aggressive in paying off my debt
Fitness - I will be at the gym more and more and more
Teaching - I will keep training and learning more to pass on to my students
Pittsburgh DanceSport Challenge - This year will be the BEST YEAR YET
Make a difference - I will continue to find ways to make a difference
Glitz and Glitter Ball - The first year for this event is going to be a HUGE SUCCESS!

Get organized!

I have a LOT going on right now in my life:

- Completing the last 1/2 of my first semester as a Doctoral Student

- Just competed in two dance competitions in one weekend with multiple students

- Closing early on a house (my first one!) 

- Managing new interns at the studio

 and the list goes on . .  . 

I have to have lists.  I have an app on my phone to help me with this!  It even sends reminders.  

Wise Guy Thought for the day:

DON"T TRY TO KEEP IT ALL IN YOUR HEAD!

You have to be organized - even obsessive over the organization when times get stressful.  Some say its a form of procrastination but I believe it helps you to do the following:

- stay on top of things

- put your "stressed" feelings somewhere else so you can focus on what is important 

Wise Guy Question for the day:

How do you stay organized?  Do you journal?  Do you make lists? 

Wise Guy Action for the day:  

Start today!  Make lists . . check them twice . . . Santa really had something going!

The POWER of MUSIC!

Happy Saturday!

Some of you might not now know this but I am a a professional ballroom competitor and instructor. Through music I believe that we can experience live in ways we would never be able to only though our own visions and dreams.  When you dance, you become the dance and give your own visual interpretation of the song playing.  The audience gets a peek into your soul as you express yourself as only you can.  Music has the power to motivate, inspire, and heal!

Let me say the last one again - heal!

Below are two instances where music has helped the wellness of the one listening . . . please take a moment and watch these clips.  Get some tissues:

The older we get, we sometimes forget things.  It's funny that you can still remember your favorite television song or jingle but you probably can't remember what you had for dinner last night.  The power of music brings us back to happier times:

Simply amazing!

How many times have you been listening to your favorite artist on the radio or through your collection and it seems as if they are speaking directly to you - only to you!  They feel your pain and sometimes they help you to get moving in a new direction.  

If you personally know me, you know my most favorite performer is the one and only Dolly Parton! Mrs. Parton is such an amazing song writer that there is something for everyone.  Below are some of my favorites that have gotten me through times of sadness and anger - both were able to turn my thoughts around and put me back on the path to positivity!

Better Get to Livin - A great song about getting over yourself, pulling your big kid pants on , and getting on with life!

Change it - once again a song about the ability that you have to change your own life.  If you don't like it - CHANGE IT!

The wise guy THOUGHT for the day: 

Today you have the power to change your life!  For better or for worse, you have the tools to make your life shape in the direction you want to. Music is one of those tools - use it often!

The wise guy QUESTION for the day: 

What song's motivate you?  What songs make you feel certain emotions? What is your JAM?

The wise guy ACTION for the day: 

Make yourself  an iTunes playlist or "mix tape" that not only lists your favorite songs but what emotions they bring out in you.  Next time you need some musical motivation - you have it right at your fingertips!

Have a GREAT weekend - I'll talk to you tomorrow.

The Wise Guy!

My First POST!

Hello,

Today is my first post to THE WISE GUY. 

This blog is going to be about simple thoughts of logic and reason that will hopefully draw towards some area of your life that you can apply to - all to make you realize how much you really do know and how far you really can go!

Today's thought:

Be a good listener. 

 You might still have the best solution to the problem at hand, but if you listen really well, you will help yourself in solving the details to the problem which might save you time in the long run.

See you tomorrow.

The Wise Guy