The design of the LM Pentagons has been improved recently on some of Life Mapping (TM) Pages. Here is the new look,
This new design brings more visual enjoyments to users and you will be able to have more ways to use it.
- The common way of using LM Pentagons is to assign one or more pentagon(s) to one thing that you want to track. For example:
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2 pentagons for tracking water intake (1 glass of water/triangle) to help you maintain 8 glasses of water a day; 1 pentagon for tracking coffee intake (1 cup of coffee/triangle) and you shouldn’t drink more than 2 cups a day; Caffeine will affect sleep quality and you can use the next 2 pentagons to track your sleep quality (1 hour/triangle) — now it’s very clear that the more coffee you drank the fewer hours you can sleep; etc.
… - You can use LM Pentagons horizontally too. Here is how our community group member Brooklynne Michelle creatively use hers,
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She told us, “The two main things I track are fluid intake and steps. Each blue triangle is a glass of fluids. Each pink triangle is 1k steps. Individually I will add an hour of work on other things if need be so like on a non work day if I end up having to do work. I might colour a triangle orange so I know I need to claim an hour of work from my boss… but most days it’s just the blue and pink.”
… - Do you know you can mark 12 hours if you have 4 LM Pentagons, 18 hours if you have 6 LM Pentagons and 24 hours if you have 8 LM Pentagons on your LM Insert?
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That means you can pre-plan or track your daily activities. For example,
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I wake up at @ 6am; I have a 2-hr meeting @ 9am and 3-hr meeting @ 2pm; 8-10pm I will spend with family and I will go to sleep @ 11pm. At the same time, I can still track my water intake of the day.
… - You can fill the triangles with colors or patterns. You can assign one or more pentagons to different people or projects.
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Do not limit your imagination.
This is the spirit of Life MappingTM
From Pinky Aguirre
They are basically a check list system in mini size..
For example if u drink ur daily intake of water color a triangle.
If u exercise that day color in a triangle.
If u finish all that was on ur daily todo list color a triangle..
Instead of check marking a box u color a triangle.
And as the different comments above u can use them to help u remember things u would like to get done that day..
I personally always forget to do all the tasks I have written on my weekly/monthly chart so when I see those triangles I remember to go see if any of those tasks need to be done and Voila I earned a colored triangle
But u can even use them like the cups say if u drink 1 cup of water color 1 triangle if u drink 2 then color 2 and so on
From Samantha Samarei Morgan
I decided to use these to track my pomodoro technique sessions. If you dont know what that is essential its taking a focused amount of time, usually 25 mins, and focusing on a project without distractions (like email, phone, text…etc) this helps me be productive. I use this at home and work. I will color each triangle for each session and different colors based on if it was work…home…etc.
From Pinky Aguirre
I love this.
I am going to track my water, exercise, calendar syncing, and monthly/weekly charts with these instead of happiness levels and childs homework…
I always forget to check my monthly& weekly charts.. So those lil triangles will help me remember to check those daily
Deb Quilts These are new to me too – I’m starting with my 5 using 1 for water, one for caffeine, one for creative projects, one for health and the last one as a “grade” for my day/mood.
Elise Seitz I use one for my morning cleaning routine, one for meds, one for veggies (supposed to be two) and one for exercises.
Kimberly B Stone I need about 10 glasses of water a day optimally so I will use 2 for water, 2 for medication (AM/PM), 1 for prayer, 1 for exercise, 1 for writing and 1 for cleaning up.
Laura Milazzo I do a load a day of laundry and track the various steps that I complete for that load throughout the day. Here are my steps and process in case anyone is interested:
Sort (first am task is to pull a load together)
Wash (put load in the washer, use time delay start, if out)
Dry (after home, put washed laundry in dryer)
Fold (after dinner fold laundry)
Put away (before bed)
