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Your life, in weeks

A long life is about 4,680 weeks. That's it. Each square below is one week; the filled ones are the weeks you've already lived. Seeing the whole thing at once tends to reframe how you spend the ones you have left.

Weeks lived
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Weeks remaining
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Life lived
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lived this week ahead of you
Why weeks? Years feel abstract and days feel endless, but weeks are the unit a life is actually spent in: one grocery shop, one working week, one weekend. Laid out as a grid, a whole life fits on a single screen, which is exactly why it lands. This idea was popularised by Tim Urban's "Your Life in Weeks"; this is our own free, private version. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.

A life, by the numbers

Roughly how much time a long life contains.

A ~90-year life is aboutCount
Weeks4,680
Days32,850
Weekends4,680
Full moons1,113
Hours788,400

Common questions

Why 90 years?

It is a round, slightly optimistic figure for a full life, so the grid shows a hopeful upper bound rather than an average. You can change the number above; life expectancy at birth is lower, but people who have already reached adulthood tend to live longer than the birth figure suggests.

Isn't this a bit morbid?

It can feel that way for a moment, but most people find it clarifying rather than grim. Seeing how many weeks you have already spent, and how many remain, is a gentle nudge to be a little more deliberate with them, whether that is people, health or work.

Is my birthday stored anywhere?

No. Everything is worked out in your browser and nothing is sent to us or saved. Refresh the page and it is gone.