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Re: Your Life

#22

I think the website needs a better job explaining what it actually is. What's the point? I just drew a smiley face by clicking random squares.

It's just an info-graphic. A reminder at how important it is to have weekly goals. The squares toggle, so I could mark the current week, or a short period. I think it's pretty awesome you drew a smiley face :-)

Re: Your Life

#24
post #15

Would it be great if you could select ranges of blocks and assign a color to each range according to how you felt those days, i.e. green: good, yellow: not that good, red: not good. I did something like this in past, with colors, and contrarily to the expectations it actually cheered me up to see all those green blocks making up a huge chunk of life. Also, it reminded me of http://moriclock.com

Maybe I'm strange, but that seems totally useless to me, because I feel pretty much the same every day.

Re: Your Life

#25
post #9

Way too optimistic. Here, all rectangles look similar, but actually, quality of life in bottom rectangles deteriorates rapidly, medical expenses are skyrocketing, and basically everything sucks.

Medical expenses only accelerate if you attempt to fend off death. There is no need for this with assisted suicide laws.

Re: Your Life

#26

I think the website needs a better job explaining what it actually is. What's the point? I just drew a smiley face by clicking random squares.

It's just an info-graphic. A reminder at how important it is to have weekly goals. The squares toggle, so I could mark the current week, or a short period. I think it's pretty awesome you drew a smiley face :-)

I think these things are kind of grim. Living life without considering its length as a motivation to do things is perfectly fine.

Re: Your Life

#27
post #25
post #9

Way too optimistic. Here, all rectangles look similar, but actually, quality of life in bottom rectangles deteriorates rapidly, medical expenses are skyrocketing, and basically everything sucks.

Medical expenses only accelerate if you attempt to fend off death. There is no need for this with assisted suicide laws.

I am living in the country with such laws in place (Switzerland); but most old people I talked to really want to live. Nobody wants to die, unless they are in great pain.

Re: Your Life

#28
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just an info-graphic. A reminder at how important it is to have weekly goals. The squares toggle, so I could mark the current week, or a short period. I think it's pretty awesome you drew a smiley face :-)

I think these things are kind of grim. Living life without considering its length as a motivation to do things is perfectly fine.

Ever since the 60s, epiphanies and ideas like this are fads, fashion statements. How did George Romero say it? Something like "it was the 60s, everyone had something to say." The 60s never ended, people keep thinking they have something to say, and since nobody's listening to them on Twitter and Facebook anymore, they're just getting more creative.

Re: Your Life

#29
post #15

Would it be great if you could select ranges of blocks and assign a color to each range according to how you felt those days, i.e. green: good, yellow: not that good, red: not good. I did something like this in past, with colors, and contrarily to the expectations it actually cheered me up to see all those green blocks making up a huge chunk of life. Also, it reminded me of http://moriclock.com

hehe just came here to post my project - moriclock! Cool to know people still remember it.

I like your idea of coloring of the blocks. I had big plans of turning it into some sort of journaling application.

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