Lefties

In the middle of class today, I just decided to start writing with my left hand. This has proved remarkably difficult, even after prolonged attempts; you see, I've realized something that I never fully appreciated the lack of, and have never had to concern myself with.



When you're writing with your left hand, everything isn't just backwards. That would make things marginally easier, but it's still not the case. Writing characters with your left hand takes an entirely unique motion and action in itself for EACH ONE. As I'm used to my small, neat, quick writing, I'm not entirely comfortable with big, sloppy, efforted penmanship. The level of complexity and difficulty of said task is so unique and vast, it's definitely the base comparison for learning something entirely exotic. To TRY to equate such a sensation with anything else, I'd have to suffice with "Try driving with your left foot instead of your right on an automatic transmission", yet this is basically and identical concept, therefore not being foreign from training your left hand at all.