Skyline students took the opportunity to create their very own vision boards as a way to keep their eye on the prize on Thursday, Jan. 22 in the Fireside Dining Room.

William Oo, president of the Associated Students of Skyline College ASSC, who hosted the event, said that “seeing is believing.”

“Sometimes we just have a lot of things on our mind,” Oo said. “Having that constant reminder…I think it helps people keep track of themselves.”

A vision board for those that don’t know is essentially a collage of pictures that can be printed out, cut from magazines, newspapers, etc., that are then glued onto a background. The pictures and cut outs that are glued onto the background, are supposed to be representations of goals that you are trying to achieve. For example, someone with a goal to go to UCLA, such as Skyline student Violet Lwin, would have the UCLA logo on their vision board just as she did.

Lwin, who sat down to create her vision board alongside her friend Andy Naing, said she had created vision boards in the past on her phone and laptop, but never physically. She saw the Instagram post made by ASSC about the event and convinced Naing to participate. She said she wanted to have a physical one she could stick up in her room this year.

“If I can see it with my eyes everyday, I feel like it can motivate me more for this year,” Lwin said.

Lwin wanted her vision board to be focused around goals she wanted to achieve for the year 2026. She had a picture of a car as a way to show her goal of buying a new car. She also had the UCLA logo to show her goal of getting into her dream school. Similar to what Oo said, Lwin mentioned that the vision board is a great way to remind ourselves what we are doing all this work for.

“We are not gonna remember every single day what we want because we’re really busy,” Lwin said. “So after we look at it once everyday, it can remind me…this is my dream.”

Skyline student Kristen Santa Cruz said she believes vision boards are a great way to help someone lock in on their goals because “it’s planning what they want to do with their future.”

Santa Cruz had always wanted to create one, but never fully decided to do it, until she saw ASSC’s Instagram post about it and wanted to take the opportunity to better herself. Instead of goals, Santa Cruz’s vision board was full of words of encouragement and reminders to love yourself.

Overall, vision boards can be representations of just about anything, not necessarily goals. Oo added that they are simply ways to envision ourselves.

“Anything that you can imagine for inspiration from magazines or writing, or anything that you would want,” Oo said. “And we’re just here to provide those for students.”