Today, I finally have this urge to do some searching on the internet and see what I may find about my situation. Thanks to people's sharing on My sense of direction is poor...
Since I got married and moved to Hawaii living with my husband, my husband has been 'amazed' how many times he had to drive me to a place (simply as the nearby Safeway of 5 mins of driving) before I could drive and find my own way there. I told him that I was not kidding and I do not know why I could not easily remember the way while others could. I have no answer for it but I know it's for real, not that I pretend or not pay attention to it.
So, he got me a GPS. (Haha... I've heard people say that I will never really get lost in Oahu because it is just a circle route. If I get lost, I will eventually get back to where I start because Oahu is a small island. It may sound funny for a Oahu resident to use a GPS, XD. ) GPS helps me some but not all because I am somewhat bad at measuring the distance, too. When GPS says to turn in a mile and starts to count down the distance, I am either miss it or make a too early turn...Then, GPS has to re-calculate the distance. Actually, it is not difficult to drive in Honolulu compared to Taipei city, where I was from. I used to live in TN, USA during my study. At that time, I did not feel so bad as I lived in a small town and mostly 2 lanes in each direction so I just follow the road, not really many distractions.
I often admire the people who enjoy travel alone. To me? There is a reason to cause my discomfort in traveling alone...I have a tremendous feeling of nervousness if I am alone in a strange city. Even if I have the map in my hand it takes double or triple time than others to study the map. One time I have a visit to a hospital, they give directions by laying the color strip on the floor to guide people to the wanted department. Different color strip leads to different place. I find this very useful and helpful to people like me!
When I drive, I just feel so stressed. Glad to hear that I'm not alone. Strangely, I don't feel as stressful when I have to take a bus in a new city (well, if I find that bus stop first), guess....because I'm not the driver!
PS. I have to say, practice makes it better. I have improved a lot in driving to more places. ;)
Since I got married and moved to Hawaii living with my husband, my husband has been 'amazed' how many times he had to drive me to a place (simply as the nearby Safeway of 5 mins of driving) before I could drive and find my own way there. I told him that I was not kidding and I do not know why I could not easily remember the way while others could. I have no answer for it but I know it's for real, not that I pretend or not pay attention to it.
So, he got me a GPS. (Haha... I've heard people say that I will never really get lost in Oahu because it is just a circle route. If I get lost, I will eventually get back to where I start because Oahu is a small island. It may sound funny for a Oahu resident to use a GPS, XD. ) GPS helps me some but not all because I am somewhat bad at measuring the distance, too. When GPS says to turn in a mile and starts to count down the distance, I am either miss it or make a too early turn...Then, GPS has to re-calculate the distance. Actually, it is not difficult to drive in Honolulu compared to Taipei city, where I was from. I used to live in TN, USA during my study. At that time, I did not feel so bad as I lived in a small town and mostly 2 lanes in each direction so I just follow the road, not really many distractions.
I often admire the people who enjoy travel alone. To me? There is a reason to cause my discomfort in traveling alone...I have a tremendous feeling of nervousness if I am alone in a strange city. Even if I have the map in my hand it takes double or triple time than others to study the map. One time I have a visit to a hospital, they give directions by laying the color strip on the floor to guide people to the wanted department. Different color strip leads to different place. I find this very useful and helpful to people like me!
When I drive, I just feel so stressed. Glad to hear that I'm not alone. Strangely, I don't feel as stressful when I have to take a bus in a new city (well, if I find that bus stop first), guess....because I'm not the driver!
PS. I have to say, practice makes it better. I have improved a lot in driving to more places. ;)
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