Modern Time
👋 “Greetings from 2125”
Published: 21/25
By: Andrew Neyer
What?
A timeless calendar concept.
Modern Time improves time division for internal scheduling, project management, and other timely measures. The revised calendar is based on 50 weeks of work + 2 weeks of non-work.
The date is displayed as the numeric DAY of the year + the current YEAR in the current CENTURY.
(For example, today is January 21, 2025, but in Modern Time it’s 21/25. Oh, and it’s WEEK 3)
Instead of a 12-month calendar, it allocates 10 PROJECTS, each given precisely five weeks (or 35 days) to complete. That’s right, 350 DAYS to get your j𝘶n𝘬 in order, and ~15.25 DAYS of solace at the end of the year.
How?
• Time divisions: DAY | WEEK | PROJECT | YEAR | CENTURY
• Annual calendar is based on 50 weeks of work + 2 weeks of non-work
• Dates are displayed as the ordinal day of the year, 1–365¼
• Instead of a 12-month calendar, Modern Time allocates 10 Projects
• Each Project is given precisely five weeks (35 days) to complete
• Five-step week cycles guide each Project, i.e. ① HONE, ② DO, ③ THINK, ④ REVISE, ⑤ PUBLISH
(Excel spreadsheet embedded in Context below)
Why?
I don't like how the year is divided into months. I loathe the unevenness. It seems silly that we are still kicking 'round a compromised calendar because some random European dudes' hubris' over the past few centuries. The Egyptians had a good thing going, and for a brief period, the French had an entirely decimated calendar and clock.
(The Egyptian months were 30 days divided into three ten-day weeks, as opposed to the now-standard seven-day week. I love the ten-day week pace, because honoring the Sabbath is a perfect tithe ッ)
We have built enormous global systems and cultures that are indebted to the seven-day week. It would be too disruptive to change our week's format. So, I decided instead to opt out of moronic months. Sayonara, September?! Now, Modern Time has 10 Projects and simply ignores our goofy, misnamed months—bopping to and fro with varying amounts of days. Who needs them anyway?)
The calendars throughout history that I prefer divide the year into equal parts and leave some epagomenal days at the end to synchronize with the moon. Modern Time borrows this idea by allotting W 1-50 for work and W 51– 52.143 for non-work.
Ⓢ Installed: 21/25. Andrew Neyer, Inc. ∞ All rights surrendered
Thoughts?
Context
“Gregorian months do not mean anything to me. Their time division is lousy at best. I prefer counting weeks (ISO 8601), and I’d rather queue my year as ten five-week Projects with one two-week break.”
— Concerned Citizen
