In preparation for the new year, the library hosted a vision board-making event during lunch and after school on Wednesday Jan. 15.
Librarian Mia Gittlen made vision boards many years ago, so having this event served as a motivation for her to get back into the habit of making them, Gittlen said. Rather than setting new year’s resolutions, making a vision board is a great way of helping people setting goals and working towards them, Gittlen added. She was looking through magazines and cutting out images to add to her vision board, she added.
“The magazines are a great resource for us to have at the school already,” she said. “It’ll just be another offering not just for this particular activity, but for all kinds of school projects and art projects.”
As a participant for this event, this wasn’t her first time making a vision board, freshman Sanvayi Rase said. She had made one digitally, however, and this was her first time making a physical vision board, she added.
“Online, it’s much easier, I’ll say, but it’s limited because I’d be using templates,” Rase said. “Here, I can put more creativity to it.”
The library offers a wide variety of magazines, papers, and stickers for the vision board, Rase added. It was all organized with all the materials conveniently located in one place, she said.
“Having a lot of materials means you have a lot to choose from,” Rase said. “You’re not limited.”
Compared to standard resolutions, vision boards make it easier to fulfill her goals, ninth grader Suhani Sacheti said.
“It’s more of an idea than an actual written thing that I need to do, so I usually end up fulfilling a vision board,” Sacheti said.
Having around 10 people show up during lunch and three people show up after school, Gittlen was surprised with the turnout of the event, she said.
“What I have found is there’s so much happening that it’s hard to get the word out,” Gittlen added. “So anytime we’ve had an activity, it’s nice that people are coming into the library,” she said.
Even though the event only lasted for a day, the materials will still be out for the rest of the week and the following week, Gittlen said. Even if they aren’t located in the corner of the library, it will still be available to use, she added.
“It takes time, and time is so limited in our very busy schedules,” Gittlen said. “We want to make it available for people that want to see this from beginning to end, and then encourage other students to start up tomorrow, the next day, and be fine with that.”