Creat a Becoming Board for 2026

Written By Ashley Tracey

For years, we’ve been taught to create vision boards — collages of what we want to have, achieve, or manifest. Homes, trips, lovers, bank accounts, dream lives pinned neatly onto a poster board.

And while there’s nothing wrong with dreaming forward…
2026 is asking for something different.

This is not a year to force outcomes or chase identities that look good on paper.
This is a year of becoming.

A Becoming Board is not about what you want to acquire — it’s about who you are choosing to be as you move through this next chapter.

Vision vs. Becoming

A vision board asks:
What do I want?

A becoming board asks:
Who am I embodying as I walk toward what’s next?

This subtle shift changes everything.

Because when you anchor into identity, energy, values, and nervous system regulation, the external world reorganizes naturally around you.

2026 is a cosmic turning point year astrologically, with major planetary shifts continuing to reshape our inner and outer landscapes. We are stepping out of old timelines and into the necessary unknown—a reorientation to your soul path. The work now is less about striving and more about alignment. (Join me for my Planning Your Year Ahead with Astrology workshop on Jan. 8th)

Not hustling.
Not performing.
Not becoming someone you think you should be.

But remembering who you already are and allowing that truth to lead.

What Is a Becoming Board?

A Becoming Board is an embodiment tool.

It focuses on:

  • How you want to feel

  • The values you want to live by

  • The rhythms you want to honor

  • The version of you who moves through life with integrity, presence, and self-trust

Instead of material goals, you anchor into states of being.

Think:

  • “I am grounded.”

  • “I move slowly and intentionally.”

  • “I trust my timing.”

  • “I choose nourishment over depletion.”

  • “I show up with devotion, not urgency.”

The becoming comes first.
The manifestation follows.

How to Create Your Becoming Board for 2026

1. Begin With Reflection

Before you gather images or words, pause.

Ask yourself:

  • Who was I in 2025?

  • What parts of me feel complete?

  • What patterns am I ready to release?

  • Where do I feel called to soften… or strengthen?

You might journal, meditate, or sit quietly with these questions.
Let the answers rise gently — not intellectually, but intuitively.

This board is not meant to impress anyone.
It’s meant to tell the truth.

2. Choose Words That Describe Who You Are Becoming

Instead of goals, choose identity words.

Examples:

  • Grounded

  • Nourished

  • Present

  • Courageous

  • Receptive

  • Rooted

  • Spacious

  • Resilient

Choose words that feel like home in your body — not aspirational buzzwords, but lived energies.

If it helps, complete this sentence:

In 2026, I am becoming someone who…

3. Select Images That Reflect Energy, Not Objects

Let go of the need to include specific outcomes.

Instead, look for images that evoke:

  • Mood

  • Texture

  • Pace

  • Season

  • Atmosphere

Images of:

  • Morning light

  • Hands in soil

  • Empty roads

  • Calm water

  • Warm meals

  • Open notebooks

  • Soft fabrics

  • Strong posture

  • Sacred spaces

If an image makes your body exhale — it belongs.

4. Include Anchors for the Nervous System

2026 is not about doing more.
It’s about regulating your system so you can receive more.

Consider adding reminders like:

  • Rest is productive

  • Slow is safe

  • My body sets the pace

  • I am allowed to change my mind

  • I trust my inner timing

These are not affirmations to bypass reality — they are permissions.

5. Make It Ritual

Once your board is complete, don’t just hang it and forget it.

Sit with it.

Light a candle.
Place a hand on your heart or belly.
Read your words aloud.

Ask:

What would it look like to live this, gently, day by day?

Your Becoming Board is not a demand — it’s an invitation.

How to Work With Your Becoming Board Throughout 2026

  • Revisit it monthly or seasonally

  • Let it evolve — you are allowed to outgrow it

  • Use it as a check-in, not a measuring stick

  • Ask: Am I moving from alignment, or urgency?

This board is not about control.
It’s about the relationship with yourself, your timing, and your truth.

A Closing Intention

2026 does not require a reinvention.
It asks for an embodiment.

May you become more yourself —
not louder, faster, or more impressive —
but more rooted, more honest, more alive.

Let this be the year you stop chasing who you think you need to be…
and start living as who you already are.

love & stardust,

Ashley Tracey
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