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25 Weeks

Change your life in 25 weeks.

Start with a goal you want to achieve. Then work backward to one weekly action you can repeat for the next 25 weeks. See how small that bet really is in a lifetime.

This stays in your browser.

For example:

Don’t type the dream. Type the weekly action that gives you a real chance at hitting your goal.

0.5% of a 90 year life

Why 25 weeks?

I spent the last 25 weeks building and shipping 25 websites. The goal wasn't the websites. It was the rhythm, the habit of not being a perfectionist and just getting it out.

My goal was to get my newsletter popular enough to start to make money from it. I wanted 10,000 subscribers.

When you make a promise to yourself and publicly show up weekly it stops feeling abstract. Twenty-five weeks is short enough to survive and long enough to leave a mark.

That is the whole point of this page: pick one thing, do it for 25 weeks, and give yourself enough time to become someone slightly different.

Not a perfect life. Just a meaningful change.

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FAQ

Questions and answers

What is this?
It’s a visualization of your life in weeks. You enter your birthday and one weekly action you’re willing to repeat for the next 25 weeks, and it shows you where that half-year sits in a 90-year life. The point is to make time feel real instead of abstract.
What am I supposed to type into the box?
Not the dream. Type the weekly action that could lead to the dream. If your outcome is “grow my newsletter,” the box might say “publish one newsletter issue and promote it every week.” If the outcome is “get stronger,” it might say “go to the gym at least twice a week.” Work backward from the goal to the repeatable action. The idea is that it be something that will be a challenge but not impossible. Something you can realistically do every week, but it will be hard.

Some bad examples:
  • Learn to code
  • Read 100 books
  • Run a marathon
  • Get a promotion
  • Get a new job

Some good examples:
  • Publish one newsletter issue and promote it every week
  • Go to the gym at least twice a week
  • Read at least 100 pages of a book every week
  • Write 100 words of a story every day
  • Learn 1 new word in a foreign language every day
  • Submit my resume to at least 1 job listings every day
Why 25 weeks?
Because it’s just under half a year. Long enough for repeated effort to compound into something real. Short enough that you can still see the finish line from day one. Not a vague “sometime this year” promise. A concrete box you can count.
Why does the site use 90 years?
It’s a simple round number that makes the grid legible. For context, the latest CDC U.S. life expectancy figures for 2024 are 76.5 years for men and 81.4 years for women. So the 90-year grid is not a prediction. It’s a visual frame for perspective.
Why does it ask for my birthday?
So it can place your next 25 weeks in the right spot on the grid. Your birthday stays in your browser unless you deliberately choose to share to the public wall. Even then, the public part is just your name or alias, your commitment, and optional age data.
What happens if I miss a week?
Then you miss a week and keep going. The point is not to be perfect. The point is to give one meaningful thing enough repeated effort that it has a chance to change your life. I do suggest not missing a week though, TRUST ME you'll thank me for it.
Do I have to share to the public wall?
No. Hitting “Keep it private” saves everything locally in your browser and nothing goes to a server. The wall is opt-in.