5000 Weeks in a Lifetime

Imagine a jar brimming with 5,000 colorful smarties, each representing one week of a typical human lifespan. 

If you were to fill such a jar, then methodically remove one smarty for every week you’ve already lived, you’d see the past —moments you cannot change. But what remains inside the jar is even more compelling: it’s the future, it’s potential. 

Every week, when you reach in and take out another smarty, let it remind you of life's transience and the urgency to act on what's important. Each smarty should be a call to action: don't put off that conversation, that project, that dream. Delays can be costly because, unlike smarties, lost weeks can never be replaced. 

This visual, visceral representation is your weekly cue not to squander the most precious commodity you have: time itself.

With the year progressing, reflect on your 2023 resolutions and goals. There are still seven smarties left for this year, each an opportunity to act, to make a difference in your own life.