The Power of Large Ears
I had a stuffed elephant with giant ears on my 2025 vision board to remind me to listen (see below). This year, that role has shifted to the stuffed bunnies in the bottom corner. While they still have those giant ears—a direct response to a heart-to-heart with my son about the importance of truly hearing him—the shift to the bunny feels different. It is a softer, more alert presence. It reminds me that listening to my family and my clients isn’t just a responsibility; it is a way of being present and respectful.
Discipline with Bunny Slippers
In the upper corner, you’ll find a pair of bunny slippers. This is a “Bright Line Eating” (BLE) anchor. BLE is a program that requires “Bright Lines” and structure, but it also teaches the concept of putting on your “bunny slippers”—treating yourself with extreme gentleness. As an Architect of Possibility, I am learning to maintain my discipline while remaining incredibly soft with myself. Leaning on my yoga background, this is the “Sattvic” energy.
Bubbles and the Messenger of Delight
Floating in the middle are a bubble wand and bubbles. I aim to be a Messenger of Delight, and these bubbles are a reminder to prioritize play. They represent those fleeting, beautiful moments of joy that float through our days; my goal for 2026 is to be present enough to catch them before they pop and disappear.
The Wabi-Sabi Border Break
An accidentally delightful component of my board is the border. As someone who designs with LEGO bricks, I am used to structure and constraints. Boundaries and bright lines have their place. And some things, like light, don’t stay inside the lines—they spill over.
I’ve allowed my border to be imperfectly “Wabi-Sabi.” Wabi-Sabi is a Japanese concept that finds beauty in imperfection. Most of my vision board has a thin white border, but you’ll notice that the listeners (the bunnies), the Zen superhero, and the integrated brain break the border. While this wasn’t intentional, I’ve decided it means that my connection, care, and creativity should not be contained by a rigid white frame. Embracing this imperfection is a “Bright” reframe in itself. Perhaps life is most beautiful when it’s allowed to spill outside the lines.
Get curious: Where are you trying too hard to keep your life ‘inside the lines’? If you allowed your creativity or your gentleness to break the border today, what would change?”
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Catch up on the full 2026 Vision Board Series here:
- Day 1: The Architecture of a Sunbeam
- Day 2: The Architecture of a Pivot: The Kaleidoscope
- Day 3: The Healing Path
- Day 4: The Quietest Power Move: Meeting the Superhero of Serenity
- Day 5: The Integrated Mind: Logic, Blossoming Creativity, and the Layers Within
About Kim: I am an Architect of Possibility, an Executive/Life Coach and Yoga Teacher (RYT200) dedicated to helping people design more intentional, vibrant lives. Through creative workshops, transformational coaching, and restorative yoga, I help organizations and individuals move out of survival-mode stuckness and into a world of thriving possibility.
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