Fascinating. Thanks for writing this up, I never thought about dates in this manner. It's interesting that you bring up GPS, I'm almost completely geographical

Fascinating. Thanks for writing this up, I never thought about dates in this manner. It's interesting that you bring up GPS, I'm almost completely geographically disabled, if that makes sense. I struggle somewhat in gridded cities, but I can work things out logically. As soon as I'm in a forrest I almost immediately become lost. I'm relying on a 4 tiered system these days - my phone, my gps enabled watch and an InReach when I'm really out of range. The fourth and the most reliable is my friend who has an incredible sense of direction. I'm not sure whether my lack of geo-sense comes from relying on GPS too much and losing the ability or never having it in the first place. Have you found anything useful with respect to improving your geographical awareness? Back to dates though... Thinking about it, I've made a mistake before where end of the month boundary dates (eg February 27th and March 2) were "a month apart" rather than next to each other. I haven't found anything particularly useful in this regard other than diligent calendaring. I suspect it has something to do with limited working memory. Future planning is particularly hard. That seems to be a universal constant though. In terms of past events, I've found it useful to stick things in spaced repetition systems (like Anki). It was always difficult for me to recall where I was camping or travelling last year. SRS made it easier: Q: Where was I travelling in the summer of 2020? A: I was in blah blah. Q: When did we go visit an abandoned mansion? A: Spring of 2022. Thanks for an interesting conversation.