Show HN: One Page Life Calendar
A one-page life calendar visualizes an 80-year lifespan in a single view, with each cell representing one week of life. The tool helps users reflect on time lived versus time remaining.
Background
- A "life calendar" is a visual tool that maps your life into a grid of weeks or months, each cell representing one week or month you've lived. The idea is to make the passage of time feel concrete rather than abstract.
- The concept was popularized by Tim Urban's 2015 "Wait But Why" blog post "Your Life in Weeks," which showed a 90-year life as a grid of 4,680 tiny boxes.
- This particular implementation, posted on "Show HN" (a section of Hacker News where makers share side projects), is a single-page web app that generates an interactive, customizable version of that grid.
- "Beta" in the domain name signals this is an early, unfinished version; the maker is likely seeking feedback from the tech community rather than launching a polished product.