Your Life in Weeks
A human life in years.
months
weeks
Each row is one year.
That’s a life.
The early years.
Before you can read, before school. You won't remember most of it, but it shapes everything.
Elementary school.
Your world is small. Your best friend lives on your street. Summer lasts forever.
Middle school.
Three years that feel like ten. Everything is awkward and urgent.
High school.
Four years. You think they define you. They don't, but they feel like they do.
College.
If you go. The weeks feel infinite when you're in them.
Your career.
Forty-three years, on average. Over two thousand Mondays.
Retirement.
If the averages hold. Some of the best weeks of your life, if your health cooperates.
But those are just averages.
Let’s focus on you.
weeks already behind you.
Here’s where the rest go.
You sleep about Drag to adjust8 hours a night.
About 20 years.
8h/day out of 24, over 60 remaining years
You work about Drag to adjust40 hours a week.
About 9 years.
40h/week out of 168, over 37 working years (until age 67)
Your commute is about Drag to adjust30 minutes each way.
About 1 year.
30 min × 2 trips × 5 days/week, over 37 working years
You spend about Drag to adjust3 hours a day on screens outside of work.
About 8 years.
3h/day out of 24, over 60 remaining years
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Inspired by Tim Urban’s Your Life in Weeks (opens in a new tab).