For parents: the holidays, weekends and sleep that go by
Most of the time with children at home happens before they turn 18. Counting the holidays and weekends left helps you choose them on purpose.
What parents often put off
- How many family holidays you have left with your childrenCount the family trips left before your child leaves for college or work.
- What waiting to start saving costs youSee what a late start costs your own monthly saving plan, in today's money after tax, on low, middle and high growth paths.
- Screen time calculator: your phone hours in days a yearTurn your daily phone hours into full days a year, and see how many days your own aim would give back.
- How many weekends you have leftCount the weekends ahead at the average for your age in India, and how many went by while you waited to use them well.
- Sleep debt: how many hours of sleep you've missedCount the hours of sleep you've missed against your aim, and the 7 or more hours a night that sleep doctors say adults need.
- Sort out your life paperwork: a will, nominees and important papersThe paperwork everyone puts off: a will, nominees on your accounts, and knowing where important papers are. Weigh it and take one small step.
Everyone's basics
Health, money and the people you love, at every age.
- Free health check-up in India at 30 and overIndia screens everyone 30 and over for blood pressure, diabetes and three common cancers for free. See how long it's been since your last check-up.
- What putting off exercise costs you, in hoursSee the hours of movement you've missed against your own weekly aim, and WHO's 150 minutes a week.
- How many days you have left with your parentsCount the days together at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add. Gentle maths, from Tim Urban's The Tail End.
- Reconnect with an old friend: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much a friendship you've let drift matters to you, and find one easy first message to send today.
- Talk to someone about how you feel: free help in India (Tele-MANAS 14416)If you've been meaning to talk to someone about how you feel, India's free Tele-MANAS helpline is on 14416, any time. Weigh how much it's been on your mind.
Questions people ask
Isn't this a sad thing to count?
It can feel heavy. The point is to choose more of that time on purpose, not to worry about it.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. They stay in the link on your phone, like every answer on this site. Only people you share the link with can see them.
Source
Tim Urban, The Tail End (2015): An idea, not data. The numbers come from your answers and the averages below.
We show what waiting costs on your own plans. We never tell you what to buy or invest in.