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It can be learned as well. As a child my old man would randomly ask the same question; which way is the river? I have a pretty good sense of direction. I've
by mattpallissard 3y ago
It can be learned as well. As a child my old man would randomly ask the same question; which way is the river? I have a pretty good sense of direction.
I've drilled friends of mine with poor sense of direction similarly over the years. The improvement over time can be pretty dramatic. I realize that some of it is natural inclination, but forcing yourself to build mental map habitually is a large part of it. Practice anything enough and you'll improve.
- ornornor 3y agoI’ve tried that a while back with my SO who has a very keen sense of disorientation. It was very aggravating to my SO and I quickly decided I value our relationship more than always being the one to read the map. YMMV.
- kayodelycaon 3y ago> Practice anything enough and you'll improve. Assuming you have the necessary working hardware that makes improvement possible. There are some things my brain or body is not capable of.
- roughly 3y agoWhat made a big difference for me recently was biking more - both because I couldn't reference the map while moving and because I had to pay a lot more attention to what was going on around me while biking. I had a pretty good sense of my city before, but now even when driving I skip the GPS most times.