Days Lived vs Remaining

I had just published project that was on my mind for a long time.

And it hit close to home. Lately I was reflecting about the choices made earlier in life, where I’m going and whether its a direction I’m looking forward to walk toward for the next 10-20-30 years.

Idea I had on my mind was to visualize one’s life in a simple grid - days passed and days remaining. Based on life expectancy, sex and current age.

I was sitting in a cafe, working on the initial prototype, and selected my very own parameters - 34, Male, from Belarus. Unexpectedly, I started weeping right there in the cafe looking at the grid, showing simple truth - I’m somewhere mid-way in my life. Triggering a lot of reflection - am I where I want to be and doing what I want to be doing for years to come? Deep down I knew the answer.

To trigger your own reflection you can play with the interactive report here.