Same. In fact, if there is a wrong directional choice to make, I will make that choice 100% of the time.

It's not modern times for me. I had to concentrate to discern my left from right since well before the internet. Took a lot of practice to get close to instinctual.

I have a compass, usually on a handmade wrist band, in all my outdoor bags, plus a Casio with a compass. Before I got the watch, I usually had redundant physical compasses. Of course there's a compass on my phone as well. :)

Went on a new trail yesterday I hadn't tried because I thought it went a couple of blocks and came out in another neighborhood. After walking a mile I checked Google Maps and I was traveling straight into hundreds of acres of nothing. Didn't even realize I was headed east and the lowering sun was right behind me!

Are you neurodiverse? It's a common sign of it