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I have vivid memories of places I’ve been and things I’ve done, but I have absolutely no idea when any of those events occurred. I don’t remember what order I
by fallingfrog 4y ago
I have vivid memories of places I’ve been and things I’ve done, but I have absolutely no idea when any of those events occurred. I don’t remember what order I lived in what house, although I could draw you a picture of each of them. Same with my job history, I keep it written down in case I have to fill it out on a job app, and if I lost that piece of paper, I wouldn’t be able to tell you when I had any past job more accurately than +\- 5 years. I don’t know when my car’s registration is due - I remember registering it lots of times, but other than visual cues (I remember it being sunny so it was between may and August) I have no idea which memory is the most recent or when that was.
I don’t remember appointments or due dates; I tend to just work on a project till it’s done. I start at the beginning, keep going till I get to the end, then, stop. People ask me for time estimates on how long programming tasks will take and honestly it’s kind of hilarious that they expect any kind of accurate answer considering that without writing down the dates I worked on it I wouldn’t have any idea if my estimate was accurate even after doing the work. So what basis do I have to even guess?
But I remember the wind in my hair and the color of the sea from when I sailed a boat on the ocean by myself once decades ago. I just sort of live in an endless perpetual now with no distinct future or past.
I don’t know where that puts me in this spectrum.