In other news, Alphashark just walked down the hall singing "The Gambler." "You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em..." You know, you could counter that by singing anything from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I'm the same way with numbers, and have to write them down. Just can't keep a sequence of digits in my head well at all, which is weird because I can remember how to spell names with no effort.
Mr Foxy makes fun of me not knowing his social security number after all these years. But...I mean, really. C'mon now.
You know what I find works? Making a song of it. Find a melody, sing the number, and it's not a number any more, it's a song! I don't transpose it, and I don't forget it. :)
Also, if it's a short number and I don't need to remember it -- I just need to read it off a piece of paper and input it into a spreadsheet, for example -- I tap it out in rhythm with my finger as I say it in my head. 9-4-1-1-0 tap-tap-tap-tap-tap. I do that a couple of times, repeating the number in my head as I tap, and it doesn't get transposed. :) It takes a bit longer, but I fuck up less often.
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You know, you could counter that by singing anything from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Mr Foxy makes fun of me not knowing his social security number after all these years. But...I mean, really. C'mon now.
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Also, if it's a short number and I don't need to remember it -- I just need to read it off a piece of paper and input it into a spreadsheet, for example -- I tap it out in rhythm with my finger as I say it in my head. 9-4-1-1-0 tap-tap-tap-tap-tap. I do that a couple of times, repeating the number in my head as I tap, and it doesn't get transposed. :) It takes a bit longer, but I fuck up less often.
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It's called Dyscalculia and, yes, it's related to dyslexia.
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