What I do is I pick one direction that I care about and identify it—that way is north, or that way is towards the street, or whatever. Then I notice where that key direction is relative to my body, e.g. the street is behind me. Then when I’m walking, every time I turn I keep track of which way that key direction is now—I turned left and now the street is to my left, I turned left again and now I’m facing it, etc. It can help to think about the part of your body that is towards the key the direction—e.g. if the street is to my left I pay extra attention to my left arm and maybe even imagine pointing or gesturing to my left with it.
I don’t go through this full conscious routine that often—a lot of it I can do intuitively—but I do use it in some cases, like when I’m getting off a train at an unfamiliar station. I’ll notice when I plan my trip that the train is going east and I need to head north when I leave the station. Then when I get off the train I note which way it was headed, and I keep track of that direction as I wind my way out of the train station. Then once I get outside I’ll reorient myself to identify which way I want to go (the train was going in that direction, so I want to go left relative to that direction).
What I do is I pick one direction that I care about and identify it—that way is north, or that way is towards the street, or whatever. Then I notice where that key direction is relative to my body, e.g. the street is behind me. Then when I’m walking, every time I turn I keep track of which way that key direction is now—I turned left and now the street is to my left, I turned left again and now I’m facing it, etc. It can help to think about the part of your body that is towards the key the direction—e.g. if the street is to my left I pay extra attention to my left arm and maybe even imagine pointing or gesturing to my left with it.
I don’t go through this full conscious routine that often—a lot of it I can do intuitively—but I do use it in some cases, like when I’m getting off a train at an unfamiliar station. I’ll notice when I plan my trip that the train is going east and I need to head north when I leave the station. Then when I get off the train I note which way it was headed, and I keep track of that direction as I wind my way out of the train station. Then once I get outside I’ll reorient myself to identify which way I want to go (the train was going in that direction, so I want to go left relative to that direction).