Visualize Your Life in Months
The Life Visualization Tool enables you to visualize your life span. Input your age and see how many months you've lived, represented by colored squares. Reflect on your journey and plan for the future.
A New Perspective on Time
In a fast-moving world, it's easy to lose track of time. We wake up, chase deadlines, meet expectations — and suddenly months, even years, slip by. But what if you could see your life at a glance?
Introducing the Life Visualization Tool: a simple, powerful way to reflect on your journey, assess your priorities, and take charge of your future. Input your current age. In return, it displays a grid of small squares, each one representing a month of your life.
Lived Months are highlighted in color.
Future Months remain blank.
You can instantly see how much you've experienced—and how much lies ahead.
Inspired by Tim Urban’s 'Life in Weeks,' this visualization maps your entire lifespan as 1,200 small boxes — one for each month over 100 years.
Clarity: Seeing time visually removes illusions. It reminds us that life is finite and precious. Each blank square is an opportunity, not just "someday" on a distant calendar.
Reflection: The colored months tell a story — your story. They represent milestones, struggles, wins, and growth. Taking a moment to honor that journey brings gratitude and awareness.
Planning: Visualization makes it easier to plan intentionally. Goals feel more urgent. Dreams become timelines. Small steps feel meaningful when you see how each month contributes to your larger narrative.
Why Visualization Matters
What's Next?
The visualization is just the beginning. The real power lies in how you choose to respond. The next step is to take what you see and capture life as it unfolds.
Before we rush into setting new goals, it is essential to observe what naturally brings us happiness, causes frustration, and sparks curiosity or fulfillment. Building awareness creates a more authentic foundation for any future plans.
One primary reason for this approach is to counter the effects of the hedonic treadmill — the tendency for humans to quickly return to a baseline level of happiness despite major positive or adverse events. For example:
You might believe getting a promotion will make you permanently happier, only to adapt to it within a few months.
Buying a new car might initially feel thrilling, but it becomes just another part of daily life.
Moving to a new city might feel exciting, but you normalize the new environment over time.
By documenting small, real moments rather than chasing fleeting highs, you stay more connected to authentic sources of joy and meaning.
Drawing from the research tradition of "field notes" and the insights of Anne-Laure Le Cunff in "Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World," start a simple practice: documenting your everyday experiences.
Keep a small notebook or digital journal.
Record brief observations about your behaviors, interactions, environment, and emotions.
Notice what energizes you, what drains you, and what patterns emerge over time.
Growth doesn't happen by accident — it happens by paying close attention. Begin today by making your field notes, and let self-awareness shape the goals you set tomorrow.