How Visuals Impact My Life v1.0

I am an intensely visual person.  When I study for a test, I do not remember what is written in my notes or in a book, but how it looked in my notes or in the book.   How the words were oriented on the page, left or right side of the page, top or bottom.  I often have to think of that before I remember what is written.  Because of this proclivity this blog post could become never ending.  I have decided to use three visual that impact my life on a daily basis.

This is the first thing that I see in the morning, my alarm clock.  Time is something that effects most of us.  It makes us rush, it allows us to slow down and relax, it makes us aware of how little time we spent sleeping the night before due to noisy neighbors.  But without a visual representation of time, the concept of time would be hard to grasp and almost meaningless.

This is another visual representation of what rules my life, or time in my life.  This is picture of the calendar program that I use to keep track of all the course work that I need to do.  Without this I would quickly fall behind and get lost in what I need to do.  This may not be a visual symbol itself but there is one associated with this program that fills me with anxiety.  On the dashboard of my Mac, the symbol for this program is a school desk.  If an assignment needs to be done on that day that desk will have a floating red circle above it with a number inside for the amount tasks that need to be done that day.  The worst it has ever gotten was a red circle with the number 8 in it.  That day SUCKED!

Now when you see this image you may think of the quote "up side the head" but I am focusing on the ring.  That ring is a visual and physical symbol that I am a married man (to the best wife ever!).  I have this symbol on my person at all times.  It is very reassuring to look down at my hand and to be reminded of what it means.

These were just three of the many visual symbols that are a part of my life.  I am going to end with one observation.  The written language is a series of symbols that have meaning to those that can interpret them.  Without the symbols used throughout this post I would have been unable to convey my meaning as easily as just typing it out.