Little Thing 339: The Life Grid

I got inspired after watching Beef a few weeks ago, and decided to design and code something I call The Life Grid. 

The idea is simple. On average, a human lives about 80 years.

So:

80 years = 960 months = 960 little boxes

Each box represents one month of your life:

When you open the file in your browser, you key in your birth year and month.

It then calculates how many months you’ve already lived, and how many boxes you have left.

• Filled boxes are your past.
• Empty boxes are your remaining time.

Yes, I know. It sounds a bit morbid, maybe it is a bit morbid. But for me, it creates clarity. A quiet reminder that time is finite and not all of us will even reach all 960 boxes. Every time I look at it, I find myself asking a simple question: Do I still have enough time? 

I also added a few small features:

• You can mark milestones using different colors for different phases of life
• Add notes to specific boxes as little memory anchors
• Drop in emojis (a ring for marriage, a star for accomplishments, etc.)
• Export a printable version
• Switch between color and black-and-white modes
• .html file (so data is locally saved in your browser until you reset it)

Ultimately, this started as a side quest on a random office day. I designed it, then prompted AI to help with the coding so I could interact with it. It’s fairly basic, I’ve been tweaking parts of the coding myself along the way. I didn’t make it to measure productivity or to optimize life into something efficient. I made it because I wanted to see time differently, perhaps visually. 

I makes me be a bit more intentional, and pay more attention to the passing time.

Note: Let me know if you want the .html file, I can email it to you.