# Your Life in Weeks  ## Metadata - Author: [[Tim Urban]] - Full Title: Your Life in Weeks - Category: #articles - Summary: Life is made up of a limited number of weeks, and each week is precious like a small diamond. We should use our weeks to enjoy life and build a better future without wasting time. A life calendar can help us reflect, set goals, and make the most of each week. - URL: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html ## Highlights - Sometimes life seems really short, and other times it seems impossibly long. But this chart helps to emphasize that it’s most certainly finite. Those are your weeks and they’re all you’ve got. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kd2cdb1v0w8g58wva4w4j0ds)) - Both the week chart above and the life calendar are a reminder to me that this grid of empty boxes staring me in the face is *mine*. We tend to feel locked into whatever life we’re living, but this pallet of empty boxes can be absolutely whatever we want it to be. Everyone you know, everyone you admire, every hero in history—they did it all with that same grid of empty boxes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kd2ck8vsb75jtg801t8ha52k))