When I was very young I had a subscription to Sesame Street magazine, and a January issue had, of course, a New Year's section, which was the cycle of the months illustrated by different balloons in a circle, all labeled. It stuck with me in my head, and from then on I believed I could "see" time in my head - a visual cycle of months (although I think when I got older my mind changed the balloons to little calendar pages).
Once I grasped the big picture of 12 months becoming a year, I started picturing the years too: Each cycle, labeled by year, the current year being on top of this huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge spiral of years, and looking downward you see the past. Thing is, I can still visualize it in my mind now, and it is depressing to realize how far away the year I got that magazine is now! D:
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher - My sister used to think that because I was 15 months older than her, I would die 15 months before her!— Nicola Braden
- I used to think that your birthday changed every year, and that your parents just decided what day it was.— Daniel
- I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon
- that DOT was a particularly popular brand of motor cycle helmet.— Gary Watrous
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally