Happy International Left-Handers’ Day!

August 13th is International Left-Handers’ Day.

Yes, there’s a holiday to celebrate being left- handed. The purpose is to educate right-handed people about the troubles we lefties go through living in a righty world.

Whether right-handed people care is another story.

The Left-Handers’ Day website suggests activities to make your right-handed friends do as a lefty, including:

Cook something in the microwave (note the placement of the controls)
Open a wine bottle
Peel vegetables
Cut with scissors
Eat and drink
Use the computer keypad (again note the placement)
Write in a spiral notebook (ouch)
Write with a pen, period (attempting to not get smudges on your hand)

We lefties are forced to adapt in a right-handed world. I swear half of my back/shoulder problems have something to do with the fact that I have to constantly move my left arm over to my right to do simple things like open a door.

Luckily, there are some pretty cool websites out there where you can purchase items specifically made for left-handed people. I wish I had access to some of these items when I was younger. Anything Left-Handed and Lefty’s Left Handed (the online store for Lefty’s San Francisco, which I fully intend to visit when I’m in the area in October) are two great resources for both lefty products and information.

Since half my family is left-handed, with my littlest one a lefty, I think we can have some fun today.

Lefties unite!