Modern Time
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My Problem
I despise the calendar divided into months with different number of days!? I loathe the unevenness. It seems silly that we are still kicking 'round a compromised calendar because of some random European dudes' hubrises 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 time system.
(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?!
Why don’t we right this wrong?
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.
My Solution
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 + 2.143 weeks of non-work.
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.
The date is displayed as YY-DDD. The last two digits of the YEAR + the DAY of the year.
This ordinal date format is most helpful for organizing digital files.
(For example, today is January 21, 2025, but in Modern Time it’s 25.21. Oh, and it’s WEEK 3)
Summary
• Instead of a 12-month calendar, Modern Time allocates 10 Projects
• Annual calendar is based on 50 weeks of work + 2.143 weeks of non-work
• Dates are displayed as the ordinal day of the year, 1–365¼
• Each Project is given precisely five weeks (35 days) to complete
• The five weeks have specific roles to guide each Project.
• Customize the week’s cycle names to make your process more memorable.
Here are the cycle names I use:
① HONE, ② DO, ③ THINK, ④ REVISE, ⑤ PUBLISH
“Modern Time has 10 (five-week) Projects and simply ignores our goofy, misnamed months—bopping to and fro with varying amounts of days.”
Thoughts?
“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.”
— Thom S. Foolery
