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Your board saves automatically on this device, in this browser. To print it, keep a copy, or open it somewhere else, use one of these.
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Opening someone else's board replaces yours on this device, but yours is set aside and you can bring it back from the notice at the top of the page.
The PDF is a clean printout of what you tick below: the board (usually two pages — chart, totals, harmonies and X-Factor, then your future self at one and three years). It always uses the Light look so it prints cleanly, and its text can be searched and copied. The image is one picture of the board in the look you're using now.
The board file is a small file that holds your whole board — every point, harmony, note, X-Factor and future-self measure. It's the surest way to keep your work outside this browser: use it to move to another computer, keep a copy for your next Studio, or send your board to a Remix partner. A PDF or image can't be loaded back in; this file can.
- Click Download board file and keep the file somewhere you'll find it (it ends in
.json). - To load it again, open the Mixing Board, click Save (or Share), then Open board file… and choose the file.
- Loading replaces whatever is on that board now, so download the current board first if you want to keep it.
Files can't be downloaded from this view of the board — the Claude viewer only allows downloads for some people, such as the board's owner. Everything below works for everyone.
Make a printable image of your whole board — chart, totals, harmonies, X-Factor and your future self at one and three years — in the Light look. Then right-click it and choose Save Image As… or Copy Image. On a phone or tablet, press and hold the image. You can print the saved image or drop it into an email.
Right-click → Save Image As… (or press and hold on a phone).
Your board code holds your whole board in one line of text. Copy it and keep it somewhere safe — an email to yourself or a note works well — or send it to a Remix partner.
- To load it again, open the Mixing Board and click Save.
- Paste the code under Load a board and press Load. A board file saved earlier works too.
- Loading replaces whatever is on that board now, so copy the current code first if you want to keep it.
Settings
Where the labels under each total change: Very light, Light, Moderate, Full, Heavy, Very heavy. They describe how much energy is committed, not whether that is right.
Start fresh?
This clears every point, harmony and note on this board, including your X-Factor and your future-self notes. If you might want it back, save a copy first.
Five areas. Five points in time. One life, remixed.
Set how much of your energy each area gets, from 0 to 10 — a year ago, today, and out to five years from now. It is energy spent, not impact: some of it goes into things that pay off later, and a relationship can take a lot of energy through a hard stretch.
Count energy against the area it feeds for you: a board seat taken to earn money is Economics; one taken to make a difference is Impact; or split it as feels right.
The board adds the five areas together into a total, out of 50, at each point in time. There is no right answer: some people will want to spend just as much energy in their next phase, but with a different mix; others will want to spend less.
What takes your energy
the activities behind today’s scoresA few words for each area: the real things that take your energy today. They are what you look down when you hunt for harmonies.
The five areas
energy 0–10 eachType a number for precision, or drag on the board. Solo an area to bring it forward and soften the others.
Harmonies
one activity, several needsThere is a free lunch in Remix, and we call it a Harmony. A Harmony lets a single activity meet several needs at once: yoga with a friend (R+M), walking meetings (E+M), an impact project you share with your spouse (R+I), paid work that also has real impact (E+I), or a business with a good friend that does good in the world (R+E+I) — join as many areas as the activity truly serves. One activity counted in two or three areas’ scores is still one activity: the total counts it once, and the extra copies come off at the points in time where it applies (never more than the smallest of those areas).
What is my X-Factor?
what did you always mean to get to?The thing you kept your eye on is still there — a craft, a faith, a place, a passion. Name it, say why it matters, and describe what it would look like to finally pursue it for no reason other than that you love it.
In my words
what two of the areas mean to meRelationships and Impact mean something different to everyone. A line or two on what they mean to you keeps the numbers honest.
In your future self’s shoes
what you did, and the clear mark it workedPicture yourself one year and three years from now, with the moves made. For each, two things: what you did to drive the change, and a clear mark that it worked for each area that moves — something you could point to. Walked my son to school two or three days every week. Joined a second public board. Then, for five years out, a line on the direction you hope to take.
Height is energy
0 means the area gets none of your energy; 10 means it gets everything you have. It is energy spent, not impact: an investment that pays off later, or a loved one who needs you through a hard year, can take a lot of energy for a modest visible return.
The total is the tell
Add the five areas for a total out of 50. The labels under each total (Light, Moderate, Full, Heavy, Very heavy) describe how much of your energy is committed; they are not grades. As you look ahead, the question is whether you want to be spending more energy than today, or less.
Harmonies support your Remix
One activity that shows up in two areas’ scores is still one activity, so the total counts it once and the duplicate comes off. Finding more of them is often the whole game.
Your Remix Blueprint
Your board says where each area is headed. The Blueprint turns that into first-pass milestones for the next 12 to 24 months — what you will actually do, and by when — and then tests whether the plan fits in a real week.
It’s a working guide, not a contract. Come back to it at each Remix session: mark what’s done, note what you’re consciously changing, and sharpen the next step.
Milestones
what I’ll do, and by whenEach row starts from your board: where the area is today, where you want it in 12 and 24 months, and how you said you’d know it worked. Write the concrete steps that get you there — the decision, the habit, the conversation, the first client. Small and specific beats big and vague.
Check-ins
what’s done, what’s changingAt each Remix session — or whenever something shifts — add a quick check-in. What got done? What slipped? What are you consciously changing, and why? Then update the milestones above to match.
Does it fit in a week?
hours per week, out of 168A plan can look right on the board and still not fit in a week. Estimate the hours a typical week holds for each area — today, and once the plan is working. Count a Harmony’s hours inside every track it serves; the double count comes off at the bottom. Intensity isn’t only hours, but big moves on the board usually need the hours to move too.
Your Decision Filter
Every opportunity — a board seat, a project, an engagement — takes time from somewhere. Your card holds five or six core tests drawn from the priorities on your board. Run each opportunity through them before you answer, so every yes moves the ball in the right direction and every no is easy to explain.
Your card
five or six core testsClick any test to reword it, tag the areas it protects, or make it a deal-breaker — a test an opportunity must pass. Keep it to five or six, each one a question you can answer yes or no.
This first pass is drafted from your board, and follows it as the board changes — until you edit it.
Right-click → Save Image As… (or press and hold on a phone).
Test an opportunity
yes, or no?Name the opportunity, then answer each test honestly. Partly is allowed — it shows you what would have to change before you could say yes.