The Power of Vision Boards

day of the week it is for you. I hope you're all doing great on this last Monday of the month. I'm feeling great, I'm feeling hopeful, and I'm very excited to see what this new year brings. I still can't believe I'm recording season two of Chickens and Chilled thanks to you, guys. I remember having a podcast on my vision board a while ago, and now here we are speaking of vision boards. I put together a vision board

for you. Might be saying, hey, chick is January. I know it is, but I actually follow the Chinese calendar which starts January, which is why I'm sharing this episode with you guys. Today. This year is a year of the Rabbit. By the way, I've made some resolutions and I have a few things I'm looking forward to this year. So let's get into it. This is chick ease and chill. Now. I just want to say you don't have to wait

until January one to start working towards your goals. But it is a pretty popular time to do so, and it's the time when I really get focused and organized. So one of the things I like to create is a fission board. Now what I do, especially in January a little bit December, I start writing down what I want to add or remove from my vision board, Okay, and then I start my vision board in February. But because I go based off of the Chinese calendar, that's

just my personal choice. But again, a vision board works however, and whatever energy you put into it. So if you want to start it before the new year or right on January one, or however, it works. It's just more than anything, it's really being intentional about what you want

to achieve, either short term or long term. Okay. So anyways, right now, what I'm doing or in January, I'm just writing down Okay, these are the things that I want for this particular year, this is what I want in five years, this is what I want for my retirement. I have already on my vision board like things that I want long term, like you know, a yacht for instance, you know what I mean, Because it's good to have on your vision board things like that that seem a

little like crazy, you know what I mean. For me, a yah is like it's it's a lot of money, you know what I mean. And I don't know if I necessarily like need that. Obviously it's more of a luxury. But it's good to have things like that, some material things to keep you grounded, to keep you connected with the materialistic world, okay, because it just keeps you, keeps the energy flowing. I know it sounds a little weird,

but it's always good to have something like that. For a long time, for a very long time, I had a black bus, a black tour bus with my logo on the side. I had it on there for I want to say, a good four years, maybe even five. You guys, I would just keep removing it, setting the energy behind it, and putting it onto my new vision board. I think a couple of times, I um just got a new a new picture of of of a tour bus, and finally I got it in. You guys. It took

a while, but I was persistent. And I didn't even know it was going to be black. I kid you not. I didn't even know. Like I just said, I we need to wrap it. I had the bond that take care of it. They're like, oh, we're gonna wrap it black. I'm like, oh my god, that's crazy. That's the color of of like what's on my vision board. It's just it's crazy, you guys. It's all about the intention, the intention that you put behind and what you really want. And for me, it was like I don't need it,

but I wanted sort of thing. So now I have a yacht. I want a big as yacht. I don't know what I'm gonna get that, but whatever, it's giving me grounded and connected, you know. Anyways, So if you've never done a vision board, one thing that I recommend for you to do is get a white board, get a corkboard, get um one of those like you can get them at Office Depot, at they have them at Target, they have them at Michael's. They're the ones that kind

of fold into three parts. That's the kind that I use because it's lightweight and it's also just easier to work with. I like to use like glue sticks. I love glue sticks, So get yourself one of those, and get magazines. I like to use magazines, or I google pictures and then I just print out what I want, and I like to get pictures recent pictures of myself to kind of cut out the faces, for instance. For a long time, I think I've told you guys the

story before. I had a pay chure of a Latina magazine. Latina magazine doesn't exist anymore like physical, they're only like online. But anyways, they did for a while, and it was I love Shakira, by the way, I'm a huge fan. So I got the Shakira cover and I put my face over hers and I put my name cheek ease. I had it on my vision board for about four years. Finally I got the cover and I'm looking at it here, what year with it? I got the cover in fifteen, you guys, April, and I had it on my vision

board since twenty eleven. Since two thousand eleven, I had it on my vision board. The face of Shakira. So what I did was just put my face a picture of meat on top of it. So it's like you have to really believe it, and it could be anything. It could be. I want a new house. I told you guys a story too about my house in Silmar. I had a yellow house on my white yellow I don't know. It's the picture that I found in a magazine. I cut it out and I put on my vision

board and I was like, I want a house. I want a house, want to own my own house. Because I hadn't owned my own house. I was renting. So the house happened to be yellow. And I swear to you I was looking for houses for like six months, and when I bought my first house in Silmar, the freaking house was yellow. Dude, I never wanted a yellow house. I just thought, okay, you just put a freaking like.

You know, you can be as specific and detailed as you want, and the universe is always listening to you, guys. I didn't ask for a yellow house. I was just asking for a house. And when I walked up to the house, I was like, oh, ship, on my vision board, the house is yellow. Later on, I painted it white. Because I never wanted a damn yellow house. But I was grateful. I was like, oh my gosh, and I got the house. There was four offers before me and litching gay and I was like, I want this house,

and thank goodness, I got it. I was the fifth offer and I thought, and we got it. Thank the Lord. But anyway, so it's important you guys to be very specific to do it like personal life work and then future. You know what I mean. That's how I do it, And put on soothing music, meditation music. I like to pray before I start. My God guide me through these magazines or in my mind, opened up my creativity, universe,

whatever it is that you believe in. It's just all about having faith and just open my thoughts, my desires, what's best for me. Open the roads to my highest good. That's a that's a very important thing to say. Open the roads to my highest good. Guide me as to what it is that you want. These are my desires. But at the end of the day, may your will be done. So I pray and then I just have fun with it. I put on some music, relaxing music

or whatever music inspires you. And you have your magazines, you have the pictures of yourselves and then you just put your face on top of it. Like for instance, I had my Grammy with the picture of the first one. Was it Selena? Was Selena? Yep, she had her Grammy and I had it on my vision board and that's when I won the first Grammy. I had on my vision board for two years and it was Selena and I put my face on top of Selena's and I

got my first Grammy. Then in one in February, I redid my vision board because I had already want to Grammy, so I said, I want another Grammy. So I am not joking. I have the picture of Beyonce holding three Grammys. I want to say, it's Beyonce. I don't remember. It has to Beyonce, Rihanna. I think it's Rihanna. Anyways, it's three because I covered their face. I covered their face with my face with picture of myself, and it's three Grammys. Three Grammys. Okay. And I won my second and I'm

nominated for my third. So God, Willie, I don't know, the universe is listening, so I want it. So just little things like that that have come true. I truly believe in in vision boards. And the thing is, you, guys, is not like this magical board that it's like, oh my god, Like no, it's what you do is you're setting the intention, the energy, and you have to put it in a place where you can see it every day, but that it's not exposed to other people. But okay,

exist lambilia. I believe exist lambidia. There's a lot of envious people that you have to be careful with who you invite in your sacred space anyways, in your home or in your office. I have it in my office because that's where work comes from. And I see it and it just inspires me, like Okay, I'm like I have that goal. So it's like you're seeing it and you have it in your mind and it's like it's the law of attraction, you guys, That's what it is. It's like, Okay, I want to I want to do that.

I'm gonna work towards it. It's not just I'm gonna put up a bunch of pictures and I'm just gonna sit on my ass and not do anything. No, it doesn't work like that. It's what am I going to do every day to take a step towards that goal. That's what it is. It's having it in your mind every single day and you're seeing it, and you're seeing it and it goes into your subconscious and you also do your work. You can't just sit there and be like, okay, God help me and you don't do anything like. You

have have to work towards it. You have to be a good person as well. You have to help out the world. You have to be grateful for what you have so that if you're grateful for what you have now, then the universe is listening and saying, Okay, then maybe I can give this person this that they want because there are already a grateful person. Does that make sense. It's all about having an attitude of gratitude. I say it all the damn time. I'm gonna say it forever.

Attitude of gratitude is key, being consistent, being disciplined, doing something every day towards your mission in life. It's not just sitting there and waiting for everything to fall from the sky. It does not work like that, you guys. So that's why I have mine in my office. For a long time, I had it in my closet upstairs. I had it in my restroom. That's where I pray in my restroom and in my closet when I'm getting dressed,

because i'd be able to see it. And sometimes what I'll do is just grab some Balo Santo or incense and I and I clean it. I I just you know, God protect it, cleanse any negative energy that has come into like the house, I don't know whatever, and I just cleanse it. Cleanse my vision board, you know, raise a vibration of my vision bull word. It's just all about having those intentions, you guys. That that's what having

a vision board is all about. Now we can go into especially because you know it's a new year and we want to start off on the right foot. I like to deep clean my home. In December, I cleaned out my closet and even though there's a lot of stuff, you guys that I love, a lot of clothes that I love that I'm like, oh, like maybe I could save it or you know, because a lot of my

clothes wasn't fitting anymore. Because you know, let me tell your girl is now as medium, which means I'm a medium, but I could be you know, I can fit into a small and very excited to share that with you guys. So a lot of my clols isn't fitting anyway. So there was a lot of stuff that I loved. But I'm like, you know what, it's all about paying it forward. I'm not just gonna take stuff out of my closet and then just throw it away. No, no, no, you have to give it away. You have to even sell

some pieces. And I sold some pieces and I gave a lot of it away to my friends, and then a lot of it I gave to um Goodwill and they sell it and stuff. But whatever, It's like, I'm not it's not about the money. It's about really cleaning out and removing the old to bring in the new. So if you have any broken plate to you, guys, you still you're still in time for all of this. By the way, so if you have any broken plates

in your house, take them out. Anything that's I don't know, broken art piece that broken, you glued it back together. I feel like it's a very good I believe a lot in Functual as we have an episode on it, you guys on Functional A, So go back to season one on Chickens and Chill and check it out. But it's all about not having that brokenness in your home. Even if you love it, it's just thank you you throw it in the trash to remove that old energy to bring in new energy. But yeah, that's one of

the main things. Cleaning on my closet, removing anything that's broken. Oh, removing spider webs from the inside on the outside of your house. That's negative energy or energy gets stuck to that, it becomes stagnant energy. So what you want to do is clean the ceilings, remove you know, um the web's or you know, I mean, it happens to all of us. We have it everywhere. So it's good to just especially your doorway, clean it. Saga Sie like you knowas d

s Okayias. You know, it's good to just sweep. There's a lot just behind it, So clean your house. That's one thing. Anyways to talk about my resolutions, So my resolutions for three this is one that I've been working on for like a long time. You guys, I'm gonna be honest with you straight up here being on time. I think this has been my resolution for the past I don't know, five years. It's something that I'm not proud of. The crazy thing is. I always want to

be on time. I like to respect people's time. I don't like people waiting on me, and lately, especially the past few shows and stuff like that that I had for, we were always running late. So I just want to get this energy flowing of just really being a little bit more time aware. Not only myself, but I had that conversation with my team of like, hey, guys, we really need to work on removing stress from each other. So let's be on time. Let's be a little bit quicker.

You know, time is money, and a lot of the times, you guys, I'm not even making an excuse, but a lot of the times it's not because I want to be late. Something happens. I don't know. It's not even on me. Even when I'm running on time. It's crazy because then I get to the place on time, and then they're running late, so that I'm waiting anyway. So it's the craziest thing. So I really want to work on that this year and really make it a priority to be on time and make sure that people aren't

waiting on me. I feel like it's in my DNA because I was two weeks late, you guys, My mom had to be induced because I just didn't want to come out of her tell me. So I'm really trying to just reverse that this year. That's one of my resolutions. I think that's number one. I want to work out a lot more this year because last year, thank goodness, we were very, very busy. So this year, I want to make it a priority to wake up earlier. I'm going to try to join the five am club, so

wish me luck on that. It's been working out a little bit more like six o'clock, So I want to go back to waking up at five in the morning to have just more time. They say that successful people wake up at five because they just have more time. So that's one thing I want to work on, and I want to make it an even bigger priority to work out and make sure that's one of the main things that I do because prayer, meditation, I got down,

that's like important to me. But then the next thing is I really want to work out because it just makes me feel better, So that's another one. Um, I really want to take more of my vocal classes this year, not because I me three time Grammy nominee and two time Grammy winning artists, does it mean that I know everything. I want to learn more about my craft. I want to better myself in every single way. I've already started with my vocal coaching this year, so I want to

continue that. I want to do it at least twice a month, like really make it a priority so that I can kill this tour. I'm going to Mexico, so that's like huge for me, and I really get and and you know, so I really need to be on my A game. So that's another one of my resolutions. And one thing on a more personal level is just not putting up with people's ship this year. I think I started doing that already, but I want to continue

with that. I want to respectfully and gracefully, be assertive and tell people to funk off if they're not being nice to me gracefully, okay, and respectfully, and just remove myself from any situation and any type of relationship that is not serving my higher good. I am done with putting up with Oh I love them, or they have great qualities, yes, we all have great qualities, but if you are not serving my highest good and making me a better person, like and you are bringing me down

or even people that talk crap about me. I just want to cut people off. I don't want that energy around me, even if it's someone super important in the industry, you guys, Like, I don't want to do that, Like I just I don't want to deal with it anymore. Like I don't think I have to. I don't think we need to. I think for a long time I wanted to be politically correct in the industry and like be like okay, well cool, like this is just the way it is. This is the way the cookie crumbles.

And sometimes they talk crap about you, and then sometimes they're nice to you, and it's like, no, if you're mean to me and you said something mean to me or about me, even behind my back, which usually it is behind my back, they just say things. I want to be about to call him on their ship, like I want to be like, uh, you know what, you weren't nice to me, and until you apologize, I'm not

giving you an interview. Like that's one thing that's one of my resolutions for this year, you guys, because it's just not fair, you know. And after having an amazing interview last year with Ramos, and he's such a well respected journalists such an intelligent man, and how he saw me, I think in a different light after our interview together that it's just I'm not going to be putting up with people's crap, you know what I mean. Like I was able to convince a man like him, and not

even convince him. I was just being myself, and I think he didn't know enough about me. And when they did their research for the interview, like he told me straight up, like Chicky's I really thought something different about you. I didn't think you were this person. I read your books and I am just he he was just honestly, like he's like, wow, he loved me, you guys, and it's freaking awesome. And after that, I'm like, wait, like it's not that I think I'm better or like, but no,

we gotta level up. We gotta level up, you guys. We can't be going backwards. I'm not gonna be like wasting my time with people that be talking crap. And I want to be able to tell them, hey, that's not cool, you know what I mean. I'm not gonna go in there freaking like f you enough. You know none of that. Well maybe I don't know that if they make me, but but I just I don't know. I'm on that trip now where it's like you're not nice to me. There's no reason why I have to

give you my time. So anyways, that's just on a personal note. But you know we're here on chickens and chill and I talked to you guys about everything. So those are my revolutions. That's my take on cleaning your house, you guys, you're still in time. You can always do that. Clean up the energy like again, paying it forward, giving away clothes you guys, and shoes to like necessarity that like all that is such good energy to remove the old and in the new, like one man's trash is

another man's treasure. She'll keep that in mind. And then the vision board, you guys. So hopefully my little tips and the things that I do that have worked for me worked for you. Before we wrap up, I could just kind of vaguely tell you guys, because I have a lot of surprises this year. It has to do

with music. Um, okay, fine, I'll just tell you guys, I am working on a deluxe of The deluxe will have a new song called and new songs that I've already recorded, and one song that you guys have already heard that I re recorded and Mariachi, so that will be part of the deluxe So I'm excited. The photos are gonna be so bomb, so crazy. I haven't done a cover of my full body, I think ever and my singing career, so get ready, you guys. I want to show you guys this body that I've been working on,

so that is coming and working on the tour. Like I said as well, I'm putting the tour together, taking it to Mexico and really like bringing in some of my and I don't want to say older songs, I should just say the songs like from my first and second album. So that's going to be exciting, So be excited for that. I mean, as far as personal, my

personal life, what can I say. Everything's good, We're chilling, We're chilling, and I'm looking forward to sharing a little bit more about that stuff, you know, love and all that good stuff that I always talked about on Chicks and Chill in episodes to come, So wait for that.

Right now, it's all music I'm working on. I think I told you guys that me in in the last season on a book, on a fourth book, and I don't I want to say what yet, but it's nothing like the three books I already have about you guys. This is completely different and it's going to come out of left field. Then you guys probably are not going to be expecting it, but I'm super excited about it.

And also my new website, you guys, Planet cheek Ease dot Com, will be launching soon, so that's where I'm going to be having a lot of spiritual things that I'm working on. I'm working on candles, I'm working on cards, I'm working on affirmation cards, like so many cool things that show a little bit more of Jenney in the world and the planet of cheek Ee. So wait for Planet Chickens dot Com. I'm excited for that. But yeah, I mean that's all I can really think about now.

As you guys know, I always share everything with you anyways here, so make sure you stay tuned and listen to Chickens and chill because I have a lot of surprises for you guys this new year. I am excited. I am looking forward to it. So yeah, I mean that's all. I mean, that's what I have plan for as of now, So we'll see what God has planned for me. But that is what I'll be working towards,

all right. Cue the music for our motivational Monday quote, and the quote is, Dear God, if today I lose my hope, please remind me that your plans are better than my dreams. I thought that was a perfect one for what we're talking about, so let me say it one more time because I love it. Dear God, if today I lose my hope, please remind me that your plans are better than my dreams. I love it. I love it so much. I love that quote, you guys. So I hope you guys are having a really great

start to the year. We have so much to be grateful for, so much to be thankful for, so don't forget to practice gratitude, you guys, and attitude of gratitude. And speaking of gratitude, I am so grateful for all of you for tuning into my podcast. Thank you so much. It means so much to me. It really does mean a lot. And I'll see you guys next week. Pesitos,

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