In a busy world that never stops, self care has become more important than ever. If you want to prioritize your well-being in 2025, create a self care vision board.

Whether you are a mompreneur or an ambitious woman, self care has become increasingly important. Self care can help us avoid burnout, keep us feeling fulfilled, and can help us enjoy life.

But, self care can be hard to measure or implement, which is why creating a self care vision board can help you. This visual reminder can help you achieve your wellness goals and build a strong foundation so that other areas of your life can flourish too.

“When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that’s when you can do your best, for yourself and for others,” says model and actress, Cara Delevingne.

Plus, just making this board is an act of creativity – stimulating self-care and confidence.

If your goal setting for the new year includes self care, start by visualizing what this looks like for you in 2025.

Create a Self Care Vision Board

Here is your guide to making a self care vision board that sticks.

What Is a Self Care Vision Board and How Can it Help You?

Self-care is a practice that looks after your physical, mental, and spiritual health. It does not necessarily mean bubble baths and glasses of red wine – it can also mean early mornings, meditation, and moving often.

A vision board is a strategically chosen collection of images and quotes that align with and positively reinforce your goals, acting as a powerful reminder and source of inspiration.

A self care vision board aesthetically communicates your health and wellness goals.

A self care vision can help restore work life balance for women. It can be a constant reminder to incorporate self care rituals and habits that could drastically change your life.

A self care vision board can help you:

Think about your future wellness plans and goals
Act as a powerful tool for motivation
Remind you every day about what your self care goals are (even in busy seasons)
Encourage you to build new skills, try new things, and grow

Step-by-Step Guide on How to Create Your Self Care Vision Board

a woman creating a self care vision board

1. Reflect on Your Goals and Ask the Right Self Care Questions

Ask yourself these questions about self care:

What energizes you?
What activities do you find therapeutic?
What motivates you?

For example, doing yoga energizes me, reading is therapeutic, and travel motivates me.

There is a mental, physical, social, and spiritual act of self care that you need to think about.

For example, bold businesswoman, Desriee Asomuyide‘s biggest challenge in building her business was navigating motherhood and everyday life. She suggests you plan your trip at the beginning of the year to avoid feeling overwhelmed and burnout.

“At the start of the year, select days that you will take as holiday, this helps you refresh, relax and come back to your business stronger mentally and physically. I found this really worked for me because in the early days I would be burnt out,” says Desriee Asomuyide.

2. Find Your 2025 Mantra and Guiding Principles

Choose your 2025 mantra or positive affirmations you want to manifest this year. These qualities can act as guiding principles for your year, whether you want to practice gratitude, self-love, or be more present – ground yourself in a positive affirmation.

Here are self care affirmations for women:

I am grateful always

I believe in abundance and love

I am disciplined

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Tip: Choose the most relevant and inspiring affirmations that align with your self care goals. We recommend that you pick 2-3 affirmations or mantras.

3. Be SMART About Your Self Care Goals

One of your self care goals might be to drink more water or do more yoga but these goals are vague and unspecific. Use the SMART goal framework to make your goals actionable.

SMART goals are far more measurable, specific, and realistic.

Specific: Hone in a specific area, skill, or feature you want to improve.
Measurable: Quantify your goals so that they are easy to track and measure.
Achievable: Map out how you can do it (and consider your time and resource restraints).
Relevant: Make your goals feed into a vision, 3-year goal, or mission statement.
Time-bound: Specify your target date or time frame to achieve your goal.

Do you want to drink more water? Make this objective measurable by choosing to drink 3X big glasses of water per day. Map out the times you will drink water, set alarms on your phone, and track how you feel after 3 months.

Do you want to travel more? Think about where you want to travel to, your time frame, how much money you need to save, and by when.

Do you want to reduce the screen? Install an app blocker and put your phone away at a certain time in the evening.

Tip: Your self care vision board should include easy-to-implement habits and a few bigger, more aspirational goals (or HARD goals).

4. Gather Your Tools, Images, and Quotes

gather your images for your self care vision board

You now have chosen 3 or 4 self care habits you want to put into practice and 1 or 2 aspirational goals. To make your board, start to collect your images and think about what images will serve as a visual reminder.

For example:

A flat sea could represent a calm mind.
An alarm could represent you going to bed earlier or putting away your phone at night
A notebook could represent daily journaling

5. Create and Design Your Vision Board

Here is an example of a self care vision board:

Place Your Vision Board Where It Inspires You Daily

Dr. Tara Swart is a renowned neuroscientist and former psychiatric doctor who explains why vision boards work, “Looking at images on a vision board primes the brain to grasp opportunities that may otherwise gone unnoticed.”

“And if you look at it right before you fall asleep every night, the images will be imprint even further,” says Swart. The point where a brain goes from wakefulness to sleep is important as it where lucid thoughts, dreaming and creativity occur.

Place your self care vision board in an area where you will look at it daily and be reminded about your self care goals.

Here are some ideas:

By your mirror
As you screen saver
On your cupboard
On your fridge

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FAQs: Vision Boards

What are the best ways to practice self-care?

Some of the best ways to practice self care include:

Walking
Regular exercise
Eating healthily and staying hydrated
Forming deep social connections with friends
Sleeping for 7/8 hours a day
Reading
Journalling

How often should I update my self care vision board?

You should update your self care vision board as often as you think necessary. If your goals change, adjust your board. We recommend you try new habits and work towards goals for at least 3 months to truly assess their results.

Can I make a digital version of a vision board?

Yes, there are lots of tools to make self care and career vision boards. Some of these tools and software include:

How to Measure Your Self Care

It can be hard to measure self care. The best method it to journal how you feel and use a habit tracker to measure your practices and activities.

How do you feel mentally?
How do you feel physically?
How close are you to your goals?
Do you feel happy and fulfilled?

Remember, self care is an ongoing journey. But, by creating a self care vision board you can keep an eye on your goals, be reminded about them daily, and live your best year yet.