Start with the eight-area board
The first page is a landscape board split into Health, Home, Work, Learning, People, Money, Travel and Fun, with a circle in the middle for one word that sums up the year. Glue a magazine cut-out, a printed photo or a quick sketch into each box. Leave an area blank if it does not matter to you this year; a smaller board is easier to look at every day.
Use the collage page for bigger pictures
Some people prefer one large collage to labelled boxes. Page two has frames in different sizes and a short caption line under each, so the finished board still explains itself in March. Lay the pictures out before gluing anything. Move them around until the most important picture sits in the largest frame, then write a caption that says what the picture stands for.
Turn pictures into first steps
A picture is a reminder, not a plan. The planning sheet asks what each area should look like, which picture represents it, the first small step and a date to check. Keep the steps concrete: book the class, clear one shelf, call one friend. Pin the board where you see it, and keep the planning sheet in a folder or notebook.
Check in every quarter
The fourth page has four boxes for spring, summer, autumn and winter check-ins. Note what moved, what stalled and whether a picture still fits. Swap pictures that no longer feel right. If you also want month-by-month goal pages, a habit tracker and calendars to schedule the steps, the related paid pack covers that monthly routine; the free board is complete on its own.