Day 4: The Body-Peg System

Shape-pegs live on paper, but you carry an even faster peg set with you everywhere: your own body. The Body-Peg system uses ten spots on yourself, from head to feet, as instant, always-available hooks. Because you never lose your body, you never lose these pegs.

Here’s the route, top to bottom: 1) Hair, 2) Eyes, 3) Nose, 4) Mouth, 5) Chin/neck, 6) Shoulders, 7) Chest, 8) Stomach, 9) Knees, 10) Feet. Walk down your own body right now and touch each spot as you name it, physical touch makes the location even stickier than the shape-pegs did.

To use it, picture the first item exploding out of your hair, the second item as huge sunglasses over your eyes, and so on, always moving top to bottom so you never lose your place. Because this route is always with you, it’s perfect for short lists you need on the fly, a quick errand list, three talking points before a call, with zero setup time.