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Year in pixels printable

The whole year on one page, a square a day, coloured in as it happens.

By Nabeel Mustafa. Updated .

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Mood is the classic. Sleep, energy or one habit work too.

Key printed in

Mark weekends

Key, best to worst

Loading this year's calendar.

Paper is quick to tick and slow to add up. When you want the totals worked out for you, that is a free habit tracker that shows the whole month on one screen.

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What a year in pixels is for

A year in pixels is one square per day for a whole year, each filled with a colour that stands for how the day went. It started in bullet journals and spread because it answers a question a month cannot: what does a year of me look like?

The answer is usually more boring than people expect. Most years are mostly middling squares, with a few runs of dark ones that line up with something you already knew about: a move, a winter, a job that went wrong. Seeing that on one page is the point.

How this sheet is laid out

Months run across the top and days of the month run down the side, so each row is the same date in every month. Days that do not exist, like 30 February, are shaded rather than removed, which keeps every column the same height.

You can mark weekends with a small dot. It is off by default, because it adds clutter, but turn it on if you suspect your weekends and weekdays are two different moods.

The part that makes or breaks it

Filling it in daily. A year in pixels started in January and picked up again in March has a hole in it, and a hole invites more holes. Keep the sheet somewhere you will see at the end of the day, not in a drawer.

If you miss a day, leave it blank. Colouring it from memory a week later tends to round the day towards whatever the week felt like, which blurs exactly the pattern the sheet is for.

Make your year in pixels

  1. Pick the year

    Last year, this year or next.

  2. Name what you are tracking

    Mood is the classic. Sleep quality or energy work the same way.

  3. Set the five levels

    Best at the top. They print as a key above the grid.

  4. Print and keep it where you end the day

    One square each evening, including the ordinary ones.

Questions people ask

What is a year in pixels?

A one-page grid with a square for every day of the year. You colour each square to record one thing about the day, usually mood.

Is this year in pixels printable free?

Yes. It is built in your browser, with no account and no watermark, and prints on A4 or Letter.

Can I start in the middle of the year?

Yes. Leave the past months blank or fill in what you remember. The grid is dated by day of month, not by week, so it works from any start date.

Why are some squares grey?

They are dates that do not exist, such as 31 April or 30 February. Shading them keeps every month the same height, so each row is one day of the month.

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