Life in Weeks

A visualization of a life lived in weeks, tracking meaningful events and the passage of time.

Live Site

weeks.brennan.day

About

This project visualizes a life as a grid of weeks, where each small box represents one week of life. Meaningful events are marked and annotated, creating a visual representation of how significant moments shape our journey through time.

Inspired by the concept popularized by Tim Urban's Your Life in Weeks article.

Technical Details

Built with Jekyll and hosted on Netlify. The visualization consists of:

• Data file: _data/life-in-weeks.yml - Contains all life events with dates, descriptions, and categories
• Layout: _layouts/life-in-weeks.html - Renders the week grid and handles event display
• Base layout: _layouts/fullscreen.html - Provides the fullscreen container
• Includes: _includes/buster-head.html and _includes/header_fullscreen.html - Shared HTML components

Local Development

1. Install Ruby and Bundler
2. Run bundle install
3. Run bundle exec jekyll serve
4. Visit http://localhost:4000

Customization

To create your own version:

1. Update _data/life-in-weeks.yml with your personal events
2. Adjust the start_date and end_year in index.html front matter
3. Customize colors and styling as needed

License

MIT License - feel free to use this as inspiration for your own life visualization.