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Slightly related to: https://darkoshi.dreamwidth.org/751846.html

I just realized why I'm always so confused when I see these links at the bottom of journal pages:
" Previous 20 | Next 20 "
or even
" << Previous 20 | Next 20 >> "


I'm never sure which link goes to the journal entries further back in time versus forward in time. "Previous" seems like it could mean the more recent ones I just read and "Next" could mean the next ones I haven't read yet but want to. Or "Previous" could mean further back in time and "Next" could mean forward in time.

The difficulty is because I visualize the older entries being on the right side.
That's opposite from how I visualize numbers on a number line, so I don't know why I visualize entries that way. But realizing that, I finally understand which way the links are supposed to go!

Now let's see if I can remember it.

.

Later: Ok wait. So I need to click the link on the left to go to the entries on the right. Yes, that is it.

visualizing the year

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 09:40 pm
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How do u visualize the calendar year in your head? As a timeline? A circle? A round strip (like a band) that comes back around?
(via [personal profile] andrewducker)

I never really thought about it before, but "round strip (like a band) that comes back around" is pretty accurate for me. It's like a circular band hovering horizontally in front of me. December/January are at the far side of the band/circle and the summer months are at the near side of the band/circle closest to me. I'm not sure where I got that visualization from. Spring is always on the right side and fall is always on the left. Towards the winter, my position switches from outside the circle to inside it with the summer months behind me or not even being thought about.

Individual months can be like a calendar page hovering by the band in the appropriate position, or a section of the band. I don't usually pinpoint individual days on the band.

When I think of multiple years, they are a timeline, left to right.
Weekdays are also left to right like a timeline, or sometimes like on a calendar page depending on what I'm thinking about.

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