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Apr, 2010</span> : <span class="post-category"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/category/calendar-thoughts/" title="View all posts in Calendar Thoughts" rel="category tag">Calendar Thoughts</a></span> <span class="col-right"></span> </p> <h1 class="title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/2010/04/06/a-look-at-the-mental-calendar/" rel="bookmark" title="A Look at the “Mental Calendar”">A Look at the “Mental Calendar”</a></h1> <div class="entry"> <p>Our idea of a calendar is ingrained from early in our school years. Teachers have large, colorful calendars with monthly tear-off sheets or calendar banners that scroll across the top of the chalkboard. Some <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://ask.metafilter.com/45357/Do-you-picture-a-calendar-in-your-head-or-am-I-just-strange#707062" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/ask.metafilter.com');" target="_blank">take</a> that image and it becomes their concrete idea of time.</p> <p>However, there are many people who visualize a year in a completely different way. Whether they have trained themselves to see it in a certain light, or the mind has already decided what these months will look like, they view the calendar in a seemingly odd sense.</p> <p><strong>Is it possible to combine what others innately see, and productivity, to force yourself to visualize a calendar in a more efficient way?</strong></p> <h2>Calendar Synesthesia</h2> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank">Synesthesia</a> is a neurological condition in which the mind mixes sensory signals. People with synesthesia, known as synesthetes, may associate numbers with a certain color, or order. They may perceive a certain smell or taste simply by looking at something, and visa versa.</p> <p><strong>Calendar Synesthesia</strong> is the unofficial/non-medical term for people who have sensory association with days, weeks, months, and years.</p> <p>There is a great discussion on a ‘Mental Calendar’ at this Metafilter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://ask.metafilter.com/45357/Do-you-picture-a-calendar-in-your-head-or-am-I-just-strange" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/ask.metafilter.com');" target="_blank">thread</a>.</p> <h2>Examples of Mental Calendars</h2> <p>The following examples illustrate that people have a firm idea of how a year looks to them. The mental construct is formed, and they can pull it out of their brain at any time.</p> <h3>Mark Jaquith</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://txfx.net/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/txfx.net');" target="_blank">Mark Jaquith</a>, a Wordpress developer, created a mockup of how he visualizes the months.</p> <p>From <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://txfx.net/2008/04/26/how-i-visualize-the-months-of-the-year/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/txfx.net');" target="_blank">his article</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>When I think of “now” in a month-to-month sense, I visualize myself as standing on the appropriate month on that layout. If I think about another month, I visualize myself looking at the other month’s placeholder. So when I look at September from April, I’m standing on April, facing south.</p></blockquote> <p><img style="display: inline; border-width: 0px;" title="tempus" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://blog.calendars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tempus.jpg" border="0" alt="tempus" width="447" height="325"/></p> <h3>‘Lobstermitten’</h3> <p>I illustrated Lobster Mitten’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://ask.metafilter.com/45357/Do-you-picture-a-calendar-in-your-head-or-am-I-just-strange#693647" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/ask.metafilter.com');" target="_blank">idea</a> of a mental calendar for him/her. The following comment is how one person sees time:</p> <blockquote><p>Mine is like the face of a clock. Jan1/New Year’s Eve is 12:00. Dec 1 is 1:00, Nov 1 is 2:00, Oct 1 is 3:00, and so on. Or sometimes I think the equinoxes are 3:00 and 9:00, and the solstices are 12:00 and 6:00.</p></blockquote> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lobstermitten.jpg"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="lobstermitten" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://blog.calendars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lobstermitten_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="lobstermitten" width="500" height="427"/></a></h2> <p><strong>UPDATE: 5/11/2010</strong></p> <p>The following calendar is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/2010/04/06/a-look-at-the-mental-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-295" target="_self">from</a> Dana in the comments section. He describes his mental calendar as a, “3D circle tilted at about a 30 degree angle, which January 1st at the highest point. Each month of the year takes up varying amounts of space on the circle (summer months are typically bigger) and each month has a very distinct color associated with it.”</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.flickr.com/photos/65028506@N00/4496995375/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.flickr.com');"><img class="alignnone" title="Calendar 3d" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4496995375_8c3c5ef7aa.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="265"/></a></p> <p>Have an example of how you see time? Leave a comment or design it yourself and I will update this page with your example.</p> <h2>Common Themes of Mental Calendars</h2> <p>Some of the common ideas that I have seen from comments are indicators that the mental calendars are not the same as ones that are constructed from paper.</p> <h3>January is Not the Beginning</h3> <p>A comment from the same Metafilter thread from above explains that linear is not always the case. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.metafilter.com/user/36166" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.metafilter.com');">InsanePenguin</a> writes:</p> <blockquote><p>It’s pretty hard to explain but by my best estimation, it begins with Aug/Sept (perhaps because my birthday is in August, or the school year begins in September) and continues in monthly blocks to the right. That is, up until we hit December and January. January takes a sharp 90 degree turn straight up and continues that way… June/July and August/Sept never actually connect in my mind. I simply can’t figure out how the blocks would connect.</p></blockquote> <h3>“The Pull”</h3> <p>Visualizing time as distance is reoccurring. Imagine the farthest distance being the latest month and January being right in front of you. As time passes, your mind pulls the calendar closer to you.</p> <h3>Colors</h3> <p>Sara Anne’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://ask.metafilter.com/45357/Do-you-picture-a-calendar-in-your-head-or-am-I-just-strange#693674" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/ask.metafilter.com');" target="_blank">comment</a> illustrates that time and colors blend.</p> <blockquote><p>Each month has a color: January is brown, February is pink, March is green, April is white, May is peach, June is turquoise, July is blue, August is gold, September is orange, October is black, November is gray/green, December is red.</p></blockquote> <h3>Partial Bologna?</h3> <p>One of the most intriguing comments was not about those who see a solid picture, but rather the conscious forcing of an image:</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.metafilter.com/user/25755" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.metafilter.com');" target="_blank">gauchodaspampas</a> notes,</p> <blockquote><p>Since it’s not as concrete, some of this may be biased by the fact that I’m actively trying to visualize it the way I usually do, which inevitably means that it is definitely not accurate.</p></blockquote> <h3>Top to Bottom, Left to Right</h3> <p>This is how I see a calendar. Not because I mentally see it like so, but because it makes the most practical sense. It has become the easiest method to force upon myself. As below, the practical sense of top to bottom, left to right, can be taken to a new level.</p> <h2>Going Forward</h2> <h3>Aaron Dragushan’s Method</h3> <p>When discussing time with a good friend, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.upgrademe.org/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.upgrademe.org');" target="_blank">Aaron</a> raised the idea that calendars, in reality, can be displayed as they are envisioned in the mind. 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Apr, 2010 at 8:29 pm</span> <span class="perma"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/2010/04/06/a-look-at-the-mental-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-70" title="Direct link to this comment">#</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="comment-entry" id="comment-70"> <p>I was very happy to see someone else puts thought into things like this. It was refreshing to find someone with a similar mental calendar.<br/> I had to share it with my readers.<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://orderuporganizing.tumblr.com/post/533953369" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/comment/orderuporganizing.tumblr.com');" rel="nofollow">http://orderuporganizing.tumblr.com/post/533953369</a></p> <p>Thanks for the post.</p> <div class="reply"> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-admin bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <a name="comment-78"></a> <div id="li-comment-78" class="comment-container"> <div class="avatar"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0b8918daf1885b695eb99b05c1ed3f83?s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D40&r=G" class="photo avatar avatar-40 photo" height="40" width="40"/></div> <div class="comment-head"> <span class="name">Carlos Urreta</span> <span class="date">20. Apr, 2010 at 3:28 pm</span> <span class="perma"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/2010/04/06/a-look-at-the-mental-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-78" title="Direct link to this comment">#</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="comment-entry" id="comment-78"> <p>Thank you so much for your write-up. I found it so interesting when I was doing the research. I became lost in the idea of seeing dates in different ways.</p> <p>I also became a fan of Order Up Organizing. Looking forward to your updates and future tumblr entries.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>-Carlos</p> <div class="reply"> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <a name="comment-292"></a> <div id="li-comment-292" class="comment-container"> <div class="avatar"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/efef97553cb82331f4de37372dd468a9?s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D40&r=G" class="photo avatar avatar-40 photo" height="40" width="40"/></div> <div class="comment-head"> <span class="name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.lifetimecalendars.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/commentauthor/www.lifetimecalendars.com');" rel="external nofollow" class="url url">Ned Buratovich</a></span> <span class="date">11. May, 2010 at 6:24 am</span> <span class="perma"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://blog.calendars.com/2010/04/06/a-look-at-the-mental-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-292" title="Direct link to this comment">#</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> <div class="comment-entry" id="comment-292"> <p>Years ago I decided to make a calendar that showed every day of my life. It became an obsession, and I taught myself Quark XPress just to be able to lay out something that huge. Then I decided to print them up, so I had to learn to work with a Pre-Press and printing company. Then it cost a zillion bucks to make one, but only two zillion bucks to make several thousand, which I did. Then I went around giving speeches about how we only have so many days to live our dreams and sold calendars. Then I tried selling them online, but haven’t been very successful, either from the positive, motivational angle or the cynical angle. (Moderator has removed off-topic links.)</p> <p>Well, thanks for letting me share (spam, whatever)… I actually stumbled over here via Mark Jaquith because I’m an old web weenie trying to learn the WordPress world.<br/> One of These Days…</p> <div class="reply"> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <a name="comment-295"></a> <div id="li-comment-295" class="comment-container"> <div class="avatar"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8c6dca543abd8783f2adf2cb866d2f75?s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D40&r=G" class="photo avatar avatar-40 photo" height="40" width="40"/></div> <div class="comment-head"> <span class="name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100821061508/http://www.flickr.com/photos/65028506@N00/4496995375/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/commentauthor/www.flickr.com');" rel="external nofollow" class="url url">Dana</a></span> <span class="date">11. 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