An immense tower of cream-colored stone, etched with dazzling geometric patterns I can see even from down here on the street. A lack of zeal is understandable—finding a sense of direction is tough, and mapping out an actual plan for getting from point A to point B is even tougher. I embraced the new person I was becoming and focused on surrounding myself with people who build up the person I want to become. For example, I saw that my childhood and adolescence were the longest phases of my life, and that my adulthood, so far, has been relatively short. The purpose of the poster is to help individuals understand the finite nature of their time on earth and to encourage them to make the most of it.

But emotions come and go, and after they do we need to still be able to put in just as much effort as we did when we first got started. It reminds us of the preciousness of time When we see our lives laid out in front of us, it becomes clear that time is a finite resource.However, the My Life in Weeks poster can also be a powerful reminder to live in the present moment and make the most of the time we have left. A life calendar is a visual representation of a person's life, with each year represented by a square or rectangle.

My goal every year is to learn more about myself and the world around me by putting myself into new experiences outside of my comfort zone. Weeks Gone takes some basic information and calculates your estimated life span, in weeks, based on the latest WHO data. Even in the absence of all of life’s chaos (and there’s always chaos), we still only have so many years on this earth. By tracking your life in weeks, you can make sure that you’re making the most of your life, even over the span of 90 years. As one might imagine simply by looking at the schedule, the experience was demanding in every possible way.Life is, as we've said before, nothing if not unpredictable, and we simply don't have the luxury of dawdling or putting in half-measures towards our goals if we ever want to see them realized.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Sean, words cannot express the gratitude I felt during my trip and the joy it was to spend the week exploring Copenhagen. In Tim Urban's TED talk on the topic of procrastination, he identifies that feeling of dread evoked by a creeping deadline as the “panic monster. This in itself was inspired by a Reddit thread, in which u/lucagez posted an image generator for Notion, which takes into account your date of birth, and weeks-to-date.

Are you doing something or loving someone because you want to or because it feels easier or less risky than changing directions? The only missed opportunity is the amount of todos in each week that can be added should be increased, i think. We have to somehow plan ahead and still stay flexible enough to dodge all the changes life throws at us. It’s a wonderful resource to plan one’s life and to remind you how short life can be — and make each day count. And again, I’ve been there myself—swearing that “I can sleep when I’m dead,” only to find myself pulling triple shifts, working for weeks without stopping, and generally wishing I was dead.