✨ Start the New Year Strong: A Vision + Action Board Lesson
Start the new year by helping your students do more than just dream — help them reflect, reset, and glow up with purpose. The Vision + Action board lesson is an upgraded vision board lesson designed to empower students to visualize their future, connect their goals to their career, and commit to real actions they will take to become their best selves.
This activity blends creativity with self-growth, career planning, affirmations, and reflection. Students will create a modern digital vision board that represents not only what they want in life, but who they are becoming and how they plan to get there.
This lesson is perfect for the beginning of a new year, new semester, or anytime your classroom needs a mindset reset and motivational boost.
this year, we’re taking it a step further…
🌟 Vision + Action board activity
This is a digital project. Students will design a multi-slide or sectioned vision board that includes:
My Vision – What I want in life and career
My Glow Up Plan – Action steps and goals
Who I’m Becoming – Mindset & personal growth
My Affirmations – Words I will speak over myself today’s world, students don’t just need to dream — they need to learn how to connect their dreams to real action steps. So instead of a traditional vision board, students will create a Vision + Action Board that includes:
This simple twist helps students understand that success doesn’t just happen — it’s built through daily choices.
💻 Digital Vision Boards (Teacher-Friendly!)
I allow my students to create online vision boards because they are:
✔️ Easier
✔️ Faster
✔️ Inexpensive
✔️ Less messy
✔️ Simple to submit digitally
Students can use tools like:
Google Slides
Canva
PowerPoint
If you prefer physical vision boards, you can absolutely still use this lesson! Just apply the same guidelines using magazines, poster boards, and glue.
📝 Lesson Procedures
🔹 Step 1: Reflect Before the Glow Up
Begin with a short class discussion or journaling using prompts such as:
What held you back last year?
What is one habit you want to leave behind?
What do you want more of this year?
🔹 Step 2: Introduce Vision + Action
Explain to students:
“This isn’t just about making something cute. This is about designing the life you want — and the actions you’ll take to get there.”
Review the four sections of their Glow Up Board and expectations.
🔹 Step 3: Create the Digital Glow Up Board
Students will design their board to include the following (Refer to the slide presentation below).
🔹 Step 4: Glow Up Share
Once boards are complete, allow students to share in one of the following ways:
Small group share
Gallery walk (project boards)
60-second “Glow Up Pitch”
“This year, I am committed to becoming…”
This builds:
💬 Confidence
🎤 Communication skills
🤝 Classroom community
✨ Accountability
❤️ Why I Love This Lesson
This activity isn’t just about the new year — it’s about helping students:
✔️ Believe in themselves
✔️ See beyond where they are now
✔️ Connect cosmetology to their future
✔️ Feel motivated in your classroom
It creates a positive classroom environment and reminds students that their dreams matter.
✨ Final Thoughts
I hope you enjoy this lesson and choose to incorporate it into your classroom this year! It’s always a favorite in my class and a powerful way to start fresh with purpose or you can take it a step further with my premium lesson: BEAUTY BOSS BLUEPRINT — Design Your Dream Life & Career. Both lessons are powerful tools to help students reset their mindset, set goals, and reconnect with their dreams as they enter the new year.
The premium lesson goes far beyond surface-level goal setting, guiding students to:
Explore lifestyle costs using online calculators
Research homes, cars, and living expenses
Create a digital blueprint that maps out the life they want and the income it will take to sustain it
It wraps with affirmations and reflection, building confidence, clarity, and a professional, purpose-driven mindset.
Let me know which one you choose!!!
