1. Follow Plodt on Twitter.

Your Twitter username will be your Plodt username.

2. Decide what you want to Plodt - food, movies, your mood, etc.

Tweet as usual and add a tag and, if you want, a number, in asterisks. You can add as many as you want. For example:

The Shake Shack burger was worth the 83 minute wait. *food 9*

Tough but great run *miles 12* this morning. *mood 8*

Really satisfying *weekend* -- wall to wall full of friends, work, more friends.

3. View your Plodt at plodt.com/yourtwitterusername.

For example, http://www.plodt.com/amandahesser. There you can see your Plodts, and visit your friends' Plodts. (Invite your friends!)