Hacker News Reader

Comment by Sukotto | Hacker News Reader

A variation on this that I love is Tim Urban's "Your life in weeks" visualization.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

This is a progress bar, not a countdown clock. Personally, I find it super helpful in keeping perspective on the value of my time.

I do not mean to detract from OP's work (which is cool), I just thought others reading the comment might enjoy this other article too.

View on HN

i will never forget when, in early 2016, i saw this for the first time. when looking at the visualization in terms of weeks, i simply cant believe it, even today. i just looked at it again now. it simply cant be so few weeks. it just cant. and yet it is. i cant believe all the time i wasted.

Here's a day version I saw in the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

https://imgur.com/HnYCtlU

Unfortunately it hasn't helped me do better with my time. I'd love to here more people's changes for not wasting the little time they have (like me spending hours a day on HN, FB, Netflix, etc...)

>like me spending hours a day on HN, FB, Netflix, etc...

If you enjoy it, or relax, or get inspired, it isn't wasting your time.

Can't be productive 100% of the time, and punishing yourself when you aren't makes you feel worse.

Years ago i made a version with checkboxes, that would check each box as your life progressed. Was an attempt to learn QT, but it made me hate how much time i was forced to waste in schools.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com