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Depressing and inspiring. My dad gave me seven stones once. He said each is a decade of time you have. Then took two away, and threw them. He said use the rest as you can.
> 5th January 2023: Found out Rebecca was pregnant. > 7th February 2023: My father passes away. That's right up there with For sale: baby shoes, never worn .
>14th March 2018 "Read 'Yes Man' by Danny Boyle. Changes everything." Hmm, Danny Wallace[0] perhaps? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Man_(book)
This is great. For me, visually representing this data always has more impact. If you’ve not read it, I recommend Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. https://www.oliverburkeman.com/books And I just listened to this episode of Hidden Brain the other day which has a similar theme. https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-best-years-of-your-life/
Hi OP - you might be interested in something I tried to launch but didn't succeed at getting traction. sundialcalendar.com The idea is a calendar for your whole life. Would love to find a new home for it.
Would love to have a similar and shorter representation dotting how much time you have left in your youth or being physically and mentally capable of doing things you love.
I love this. Is it open source? I would love to create my own with my milestones.
Oh, I feel kinda sad now because I was working on a project doing this exact thing, I knew that these memento mori charts were out there but didn't know adding notes to it had also been done. Anyway, I guess I'll still finish my project.
Having a mortality crisis is common after your dad dies, as seems to be happening with the author of this site. This is definitely not the way to deal with it, IMO.
That being said, it is probably no coincidence that I made this soon after my Dad passed away. Though I think it is likely also the impending birth of my first child contributing also.
well that was a downer on the night, i was already having a little struggle with feeling like time is running out.