If you really have no sense of direction

And because of that feel like a grand loser

Alright. Let me just put it on the table right away, at least we have that out of the way. I am absolutely convinced that it has nothing to do with intelligence, it's just a disease. After a little four minutes of walking (from any familiar place I know) I am lost. I also call it geographically handicapped (GH) and it's serious.

Think of it as a kind of dyslexia, but with distances. When I'm on vacation lying on the beach with my love and have to walk back to the hotel room to pick up a fresh towel, I still manage to not find the room back. So today for all my GH'ers a little collection of recognition. All the things that people without a sense of direction immediately understand:

You can already feel that panic attack coming when you have an appointment at an unknown destination

And so it’s only logical that you standardly calculate a quarter of an hour ‘lost time’. And you know it: you’re gonna need it.

A life without Google Maps is impossible

If you had to give the developers a cent every time you open the app, you would be in debt management for the rest of your life. What a misery.

But also: the blue dot is a bitch

Left, right? What is it now? Even getting lost with a route planner on is possible, people. It is possible.

Shopping with you is fun

Actually, it’s almost clever how every time you step out of a store you want to go in the wrong direction. ‘Huh, is there already a Zara here?’

Taxis are a breath of fresh air

And that’s why those Uber bills also shoot through the roof every month (yes, colleagues, here comes the truth).

When someone asks you for directions...

...you first try to semi-figure it out only to end up saying, eh, ‘Maybe you should ask someone else.’

Geography has never been your thing

That’s how you found out last year that Morocco is in Africa. You didn’t know much.

Getting in the car without a TomTom is not an option

Following signs, huh, what? I don’t know that. I don’t get it. Tuned out now. Bye.

You often meet up at the same places

Where you’ve definitely been at least ten times, but hey, the chance of getting lost is at least eliminated for that important appointment.

You just feel like quite a loser when you have to call your mom/friend/girlfriend again because you are lost

To the question of where you are exactly, your answer is: ‘I DON’T KNOW THAT, I’M LOST, OKAY? Sorry. Can you please come rescue me?’

Finding your way back becomes really complicated

Let me think. So now just the same as the way there but then reversed. We came from the right, right? Is it now left? Or did we come from the left and is it now right? Sigh...

Also nice to grab right away:

Eight sentences that women without a sense of direction say to each other