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I see that I'm not the only one inspired by this blog post [1]. I did a similar visualization with blocks to display my working hours [2]. [1] https://waitbutw

by erenst 5y ago

I see that I'm not the only one inspired by this blog post [1]. I did a similar visualization with blocks to display my working hours [2]. [1] https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/10/100-blocks-day.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/10/100-blocks-day.html [2] https://github.com/am-on/work-timer https://github.com/am-on/work-timer

jmstfv 5y ago
Looks pretty neat!
leobg 5y ago
I did the same thing when my grandfather died: A grid with each square representing a week of his life, and each row representing one year. Then, we mapped as many events from his life as possible.
- davchana 5y ago
  I am doing an excel sheet, 52 boxes per row, one row per year. Inspired by waitbutwhy article.
  - netsharc 5y ago
    Do you find some years need 53 boxes? If you're born April 1, 52 weeks after your birth would be March 31, and after 52 more weeks it would be March 30 (before considering leap years). I guess it can stay 52 boxes, and the last box has a day extra (or two, on leap years).
    - davchana 5y ago
      Oh no, I don't go in that details, simply, every month, the weeks start on 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd. Only Jan, Jun, July, Dec gets another week, 5th one, on 27th. So all months have 4 columns, labeled 1,8,15,22. Jan, Jun, Jul, Dec have 5 columns. Whole sheet is a fillable grid of 52 columns and 90 rows. A pre column list the year like 2002, 2003, 2004 etc. Next pre column list my age like 0,1,2,3 till 90. Then above explained grid. Then again, first two pre columns copied. Each cell has light grey border. Border darkens to black between months columns. Border also darkens at every decade row. If an event (like travel) happens on certain date (like 13th), it simply fills the whole week. I assume that in overall big picture of life, a rounding off of week will not matter much.
rahidz 5y ago
Reminded me of https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html from the same website. One of the few things on the Internet that changed my entire outlook on life.

by erenst 5y ago

jmstfv 5y ago

Looks pretty neat!

leobg 5y ago

I did the same thing when my grandfather died: A grid with each square representing a week of his life, and each row representing one year. Then, we mapped as many events from his life as possible.

davchana 5y ago
I am doing an excel sheet, 52 boxes per row, one row per year. Inspired by waitbutwhy article.
- netsharc 5y ago
  Do you find some years need 53 boxes? If you're born April 1, 52 weeks after your birth would be March 31, and after 52 more weeks it would be March 30 (before considering leap years). I guess it can stay 52 boxes, and the last box has a day extra (or two, on leap years).
  - davchana 5y ago
    Oh no, I don't go in that details, simply, every month, the weeks start on 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd. Only Jan, Jun, July, Dec gets another week, 5th one, on 27th. So all months have 4 columns, labeled 1,8,15,22. Jan, Jun, Jul, Dec have 5 columns. Whole sheet is a fillable grid of 52 columns and 90 rows. A pre column list the year like 2002, 2003, 2004 etc. Next pre column list my age like 0,1,2,3 till 90. Then above explained grid. Then again, first two pre columns copied. Each cell has light grey border. Border darkens to black between months columns. Border also darkens at every decade row. If an event (like travel) happens on certain date (like 13th), it simply fills the whole week. I assume that in overall big picture of life, a rounding off of week will not matter much.

rahidz 5y ago

Reminded me of https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html from the same website. One of the few things on the Internet that changed my entire outlook on life.