The Kairos Calendar is a practical tool which re-orders the week to minimize anxiety that many associate with certain days, particularly Sundays and Mondays.
Kairos, a Greek word for time that is opportune, or that “feels right”, contrasts from the more familiar Chronos, a quantitative measure associated with seconds, minutes, days, and years – and the rigidity that goes with their order and scale.
While re-ordering days is a useful lifehack, the Kairos Calendar’s larger purpose is to illustrate how certain structures related to measurement (in this case of time) are often quite arbitrary, and yet they can affect our emotions (often negatively).
For example:
- The decimal system used for age likely impacts many 39 year olds who feel unnecessarily depressed when about to turn 40.
- The month of January, being “month 1”, feels like the beginning of something new – often a time for resolutions and hope, but potentially a letdown if the previous year has been wasted.
- The Base-60 quantification of minutes and seconds left to watch in a boring video may make us feel more restless than we would otherwise.
Thus, a Kairological view of such chronological structures can empower us to recontextualize our emotions, separate them from the measurement, and hopefully build new associations which increase well-being.
For more information, view the FAQ page.