I assume everybody knows about “Your Life In Weeks” calendars. What I didn’t see before is using it to compare lifespans of different people in one screen. Gives a lot of insight imo. The visualization was built using ReportLab PDF Toolkit

Posted by fillingRoom

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  1. Source: The only data used here is birthdays, which I know myself

    Tool: ReportLab Python library

  2. Thanks for reminding me of how much time I have left on this Earth, OP. 😖

  4. Does the deepening colour gradient symbolise anything? Or is it just aesthetic? 
    I’d kinda also like to see the ages overlayed on top of each other, maybe marking out significant life events (eg when they got married/had children, went to uni, bought a house) or something! I know it’d only be representative of your family, but could be cool to see as an average of a larger population in this format! 

  6. I’m not sure what’s the insight here other than 60 is twice as long as 30 ?

    What’s a “life in week” calendar? And what is the color code?

  7. I think you should show the time period that yours and theirs overlapping each other: how many days you have spent with your grandma, parents, wife and kid, and how many days you expect to have to spent with your grandma, parents, wife, and kid. That will give you a much meaningful insight.

  9. Now do it in reverse to average age to see how many weeks everyone has left.

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