Having an interesting conversation at work this morning.....
I asked people what their time 'maps' looked like? As in how they 'see' the months of the year, the days of the week etc, in their own heads? My 'map' of the year is like a big anti clockwise daisy chain loop, and each month within that large chain as its own mini chain, I can see clearly where we are today, Sept 28th, I am at the 9pm position heading down toward 6pm, which is New Year, where the chain starts again. The chain is blueish white in winter months, and golden coloured in the summer, presumable due to the seasons.
I can also shrink this year right down so it becomes part of an even larger loop, which symbolises this century. It starts at the bottom left in 2000, and finishes up at the top right with 2100.
When I think of myself in 2050 I can see clearly where this is, strangely though this bigger century chain goes in the opposite direction (clockwise!)
I have similar chain for days of the week.
These maps have been with me forever, I cannot ever remember NOT thinking like this, even as a tiny child.
I have ALWAYS just assumed everybody thinks like this.
Yet... EVERY single colleague (6 of us) all laughed at me and thought I was totally nuts!! And they all said they just look at a calendar and they don't need to 'see' where they are in time? Omg, I was blown away, Like, how do people 'see' where they are haha?!! And where they are going in the future?
And now I am sat back at home and suddenly now feel like I am either really weird and freakish, or super intelligent?
My question is this, am I alone in having time space maps in my head, or does anyone else completely get me?
(2 of my colleagues I know are avid MN users, so they will no doubt recognise this as me if they read this haha!!!)