Perspective tool
Your life in weeks
A full life is roughly 4,000 weeks. Seeing them as squares, with the ones you have lived filled in, is one of the clearest ways to picture the time ahead.
Your life in weeks
Make it a poster
Want the full printable version, with your life chapters marked in color? Our sister site Calendar of Your Life makes a one-page life calendar you can print and hang.
Questions
How many weeks are in a lifetime?
About 4,160 weeks for an 80-year life and 4,700 for 90 years. The U.S. average at birth is roughly 3,950 weeks for men and 4,230 for women.
Why does the grid end where it does?
It runs to the average age reached for someone of your current age and sex in the SSA life table. Many people live well past it.