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The right side of one’s brain is supposed to be the creative, artistic part.  An opportunity to develop mine came about when I could no longer tolerate my own handwriting.  It is only natural to consider killing two birds with one stone:  learn handwriting with the left hand.

After a couple of practice sessions, I am still unable to draw straight lines or circular circles consistently, but I’ve seen some improvement.  Sore muscles in the left arm indicates that physically my body is adjusting to the left-handed heavy lifting.  Training will take time, but multi-tasking alleviates the time problem.  For example, last night, while watching a DVD, I drew a full page of the alphabet “a.”

I am admittedly amused by my determination to succeed at left-handed writing, that rather random goal.  I am using my left hand as much as possible in daily life—the only exception being operating the mouse, which online websites say even left-handed people use with right hands.  I have ordered three boxes of ruled paper for training grade school students handwriting skills.  A little too late?  Maybe.  But better later than never.

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