The Journal
The average American lifespan works out to roughly 4,000 weeks. It sounds like a lot until you see it laid out in a grid. That image broke my brain, so I built something about it.
The life-in-weeks grid didn't come from Silicon Valley productivity culture. Its roots go back 2,000 years to a Roman philosopher who thought most people were already dead.
Stoicism isn't about suppressing your emotions or grinding through life with a stiff upper lip. It's a 2,300-year-old operating system for paying attention to what matters.