I didn't realize this was rare. I think of a year in an ellipsis with January at the far left, June at the far right. Years are a giant ribbon of various colors

I didn't realize this was rare. I think of a year in an ellipsis with January at the far left, June at the far right. Years are a giant ribbon of various colors. I thought everyone had some kind of mental model of time. Though I am able to remember great details just by "pins" on my ribbon, and there is an ellipsis for each year ("oh yeah, that was in June of 1996" etc) so I guess it works well for me. I just didn't know it was that rare.