Exposure Learning

It's hard to find time for the important things in life, like wiring your brain to understand 24 hour time or learning numbers in Urdu. What if you just subtly exposed yourself to those things all the time instead, on a device you always use?

This is my iPhone lock screen which is showing the time in 24 hour time (which I've successfully become accustomed to through years of forcing myself to deal with it!) and with Urdu numerals. I don't have a great reason for this other than why not? It's a fun challenge to try and become familiar with it.

On iPhone at least, you can change your lock screen's clock with these instructions. Hit that globe icon in the top left of the modal to choose a different number system.

I'd love to hear about other ways people are doing this - let me know on Bluesky. I've tried changing my phone's system language to a language I'm interested in learning but that's a leap too far for me at the moment.