Life in Weeks
My life visualized as weeks, where each small box represents one week of existence. Inspired by Tim Urban’s post and Buster Benson’s implementation.
I start at Woodbridge High School
💔 My father passes away
I graduate from Woodbridge High School
🚚 I move to Berkeley, California
First day of college at UC Berkeley
🚚 I move to Seattle, Washington
First day at UW, starting the sophomore year
I graduate from UW with a degree in creative writing
My first day at Amazon, doing night shift customer service
I write my first blog post on Live Journal
Y2K
I become a 'web developer' and learn to code on the job
Kharis and I get married
September 11th
I complete my first National Novel Writing Month challenge
The Iraq War starts
I self-publish my NaNoWriMo novel, Man Versus Himself
The Robot Co-op is founded
Kharis and I officially divorced
I buy my first place: a condo in Belltown
43things.com launches
🎂 I turn 30: Higher highs and lower lows
I legally change my name to Buster Butterfiled McLeod
McLeod Residence's New Year's Eve opening party I meet Kellianne
🎂 I turn 31: Double down
The first iPhone is released
🎂 I turn 32: No problem
Financial crisis caused by subprime meltdown
Kellianne and I get married
McLeod Residence's last day in business
Obama wins the election.
Locavore, my farmer's market iPhone app, launches
🎂 I turn 33: Frugal to the max
750words.com launches
❤️ Niko is born
🎂 I turn 34: Cultivating the core
Health Month launches
🎂 I turn 35: Love the struggle
Habit Labs is founded
Habit Labs launches Budge
🎂 I turn 36: Talk it out
Habit Labs closes down
I publish the first version of my book of beliefs
My first day at Twitter
🚚 Kellianne, Niko, and I move to Berkeley, California
🎂 I turn 37: More kiloslogs
I sell my Belltown condo in Seattle
❤️ I meet Rodney, my brother. We found each other through 23andme.com
🎂 I turn 38: Cultivate quality time
🏡 Kellianne and I buy a house in Berkeley
🎂 I turn 39: Make wiggle room
My last day at Twitter
My first day at Slack
We launch Slack's Platform
🎂 I turn 40: Mind the loops
❤️ Louie is born
🧠 I publish the Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet
🤬 Trump wins the election
🎂 I turn 41: Seek endarkenment
👴🏻 My grandfather passes away
Signed a book deal for my book about arguing
My last day at Slack
My first day at Patreon
🎂 I turn 42: Dig deeper
My last day at Patreon
I begin working on my book full-time
🎂 I turn 43: All in & with the flow
😱 Why Are We Yelling? is published
🏠 First day of shelter-in-place for COVID-19
🎂 I turn 44: Year of the Amateur
Biden officially declared winner of the election
Trump supporters storm the Capital Building in DC
Biden is inaugurated
💉💉 I get my 2nd vaccination
🎂 I turn 45: Year of Reconstellation
Kellianne and I officially divorced
I get COVID
🎂 I turn 46: A Blagenflorble Heart
My first day at Medium
I adopted Pancake 😻
🎂 I turn 47: CHALANT!
First date with Sarah
🏡 I buy a house in Albany
Pancake has kittens 😻😻😻😻
🎂 I turn 48: Be Buster Benson, BBB, Be Be Be, 🐝🐝🐝
My last day at Medium
Started full-time at 750 Words
🤮 Trump wins election
☠️ My life expectancy expiration date