The formula
Visits left = years left together × visits per year
Years left together is the shorter of their remaining years and yours. Even when the other person is younger, the visits end when you do.
Examples
| Who | Age now | Assumed life expectancy | How often | Visits left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother | 65 | 85 | Twice a year (holidays) | 40 |
| Mother | 65 | 85 | Monthly | 240 |
| Grandmother | 85 | 92 | Once a year | 7 |
The same person: 40 visits if you only see her on holidays, 240 if you see her monthly. Frequency moves the number most.
People you see every few years
A sibling abroad or an old friend may not be seen even once a year. Count those as "once every 3 years": 30 years together means 10 visits. These relationships produce the smallest numbers.
What the number can change
- Add one regular visit besides the holidays (2 → 3 a year is 1.5× the visits left).
- Spend a whole day together when you do meet.
- Fix a video call date for the months you can’t visit.
Counting it in the app
Add a person
On the Bucket list tab in Life Calendar, choose People close to me and enter who (e.g. Mom), their age and how often you meet. Presets cover weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly and every few years, or set something like "once every 3 years". Sample text in the screenshots is Korean.
Visits left
It shows something like "40 meetings left". The other person’s life expectancy defaults to 85 and can be changed. It never counts past your own remaining years, and it rounds down.
Added up on the Life tab
Once you add people, the total meetings left with people close to you appears first among the Life counters on the Life tab.
FAQ
Should I show this number to my parents?
It lands better alongside "so I’ll come see you one more time". The number itself is only arithmetic on averages.
What life expectancy should I use?
Life Calendar
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