The Ink-Pot and the Palette

I'm the opposite, I can normally find anything I've been to once, and I know North from South where ever in the world I am - unless I get completely turned around.

There is ONE place on this planet, an area about 2 miles in diameter that I arrived at, in the dark, after the bus I was on had done a U turn and dropped a very sleepy me off. In that ONE place North is South and South is North and it hasn't changed over the years.

On the other hand I cannot tell right from left. Like you with direction I can eventually work it out on most days, but not always.

In a hunter-gatherer society a variety of skills are crucial to keeping the group alive. The person who has memorized the route will absolutely know the route year after year. The person like me, who operates on an instinctive level may get hit over the head one day and need to be dragged down the path!!

My bet is that you have some skills I completely lack, I might be able to guide you there, but you will be able to do other things that are just as valuable, or more so. We are all broken in some ways and very strong in others.