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PART I · YEAR CLOSING
Year Closing
Gratitude, highlights, shadows, learnings. You close cycles honestly: you keep what strengthens you and release what has served its purpose.
The Method
The Method
LifeMap is the free life design system created by Modesto Gutiérrez Losada: the Wheel of the 10 Axes and four paths to design your year, measure it honestly, and evolve it year after year — Just the Wheel (20–30 min), Express Path (30–45 min, recommended to start), Core Path (60–90 min, 6 steps) and Advanced Path (3–4 hours, 10 steps). At the end you receive your LifeMap: the book you wrote about your own life.
The 6 Parts of the system
Nothing ends here: everything begins here.
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PART II · PRESENT SNAPSHOT
Present Snapshot
You rate each of the 10 Axes from 1 to 10, TODAY and GOAL. For the first time you see your whole life in a single image.
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PART III · RELEASE · KEEP · CREATE
Release · Keep · Create
Three conscious decisions that define the year. No more, no less. That's how the essential gets filtered.
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PART IV · THE DESIGN
Year Design
Year Theme, Identity, Transformation #1, Focus Axes, and the 4 Treasures. The heart of the system: you choose who to be, what to transform, and where to invest.
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PART V · CONTROL MAP
Control Map
The dashboard you return to all year: habits, Big Rock, scheduled check-ins, and the Phoenix Protocol for when you drift off.
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PART VI · EVOLUTION 2026 → 2027
Evolution [Year] → [Year+1]
The multi-year record. Your Theme, your Transformation #1, and your ten Axes, year after year. Here you watch your life evolve.
The 10 Axes
The 10 Axes
Personal Foundations
- 1 Health & Vitality
- 2 Mind & Emotions
- 3 Spirituality & Values
Relationships & Community
- 4 Partner & Love
- 5 Family & Close Relationships
- 6 Friends & Community
Purpose & Value Creation
- 7 Purpose & Contribution
- 8 Work & Vocation
Resources & Life Design
- 9 Finances & Wealth
- 10 Time & Lifestyle
Glass & Rubber Balls
Glass & Rubber Balls
Some things bounce when you drop them. Others break and leave a crack.
Glass — they break, and the cracks don't mend:
Health & Vitality · Mind & Emotions · Spirituality & Values · Partner & Love · Family & Close Relationships · Time & Lifestyle.
Rubber — let them go for a while and they bounce back:
Friends & Community · Purpose & Contribution · Work & Vocation · Finances & Wealth.
This is LifeMap's recommendation, not your answer. Inside the system, every Axis arrives with its suggested classification and the reason behind it — and you can change all ten. The reason is there so you can disagree with grounds: if your business is on the edge, Finances may be Glass this year.
RESTART IN 5 MINUTES
PHOENIX PROTOCOL — WHEN YOU NEED TO START AGAIN
Did you leave the system for weeks or months? That's okay. This isn't an exam — it's a tool. Tools get picked up again, not failed.
- 1What day is it today? · This is all that matters. The past no longer exists.
- 2My theme for the year is still: ☐ Yes, I'm keeping it · ☐ I'm adjusting it to:
- 3My Transformation #1: ☐ Still relevant · ☐ I'm adjusting it to:
- 4One habit I pick back up today:
- 5One action this week:
- 6My next check-in (put it on the calendar NOW):
Don't re-read your whole Strategic Map. Don't do the full evaluation. Don't punish yourself for the time you lost. Just complete these 6 points and get back in the game.
Consistency is not never failing. It's starting again as many times as necessary. — Modesto Gutiérrez Losada · LifeMap
PART VI · EVOLUTION 2026 → 2027
The multi-year record. Your Theme, your Transformation #1, and your ten Axes, year after year. Here you watch your life evolve.
PART VI · EVOLUTION 2026 → 2027
My progress through the years
SAMPLE
| Year | Theme | A | B | C | D | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Foundations | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | Recalibration | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | Deepen | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | Build | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | Expansion | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| 2024 | Mastery | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 2025 | Fullness | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
A · FoundationsB · RelationshipsC · PurposeD · Resources