<human>: Let me just start by saying I grew up in a really, really small town, so remembering the 10 roads in it was not much of a problem. My mother has been known to get lost a lot, just like her grandma. Is having no sense of direction hereditary? 

In any case, I live outside of Philly and I forget how to get everywhere! I have a GPS, but for once I'd like to feel confident in being able to travel alone (I'm not. I'm a 22 year old male and it's kind of embarrassing. My friends around here get pissed when they have to remind me how to get some place 5 times). 

Not only that, but I would like to live in NYC someday, but I tell myself I could never live in a big city because I'm so awful at finding my way around. I'm also trying to do WWOOFing in Italy soon. The idea of trying to find my away around Italy is already giving me a panic attack!

So basically reddit, how do you suggest I sharpen my sense of direction? I'll take all kinds of advice.

Disclaimer: I realize this is a problem that not many people have at all. I have many friends and I'm the only person like this that I'm aware of.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: My sense of direction is BAD. It makes me feel very insecure about traveling in general. How can I fix this?