Hello lovely people, how is every one?
So this is day 2 of my lefty blog and I have loads to talk about so it will be hard for me to shut up. It's 20 minutes to 6 p.m. (UAE time) and I am rushing to get last minute work squeezed in before I head to the gym.
Today I want to discuss with you something I mentioned yesterday; rulers. So I was given the tedious task of ensuring the trim and bleed sizes of an ad are correct. FYI, trim and bleed sound gory and violent, I wonder how they coined these terms to describe dimensions of a paper. Anyway, I had to measure every line and every height and width a flat A4 paper can have. I was drawing lines that were not straight and feeling uncomfortable with that formidable blunt blade-shaped plastic. You don't believe me? I will show you. Look at the photo I attached.
It's sad but I know that I do not need to use rulers every time and if I do, I will make sure that there is a righty next to me to show me the proper way to hold and use an inconvenient tool that was not designed for my lefty hand.
Isn't it strange to adapt to things you are not comfortable or you are forced to adapt to something you don't know how to properly use? I guess it's part of life and there is no need to be a drama queen or king and complain about it. However, what fascinates me isn't the fact that you succumb to using things that otherwise are obsolete or useless to you but how people judge you for not knowing how to use something that they know how to use.
I'm signing off, but I want you to try this out, use something that you are uncomfortable using and see how it feels to be a lefty in a righties' world. Send me your experience.
Until the next post, have a lefty evening.
So this is day 2 of my lefty blog and I have loads to talk about so it will be hard for me to shut up. It's 20 minutes to 6 p.m. (UAE time) and I am rushing to get last minute work squeezed in before I head to the gym.
Today I want to discuss with you something I mentioned yesterday; rulers. So I was given the tedious task of ensuring the trim and bleed sizes of an ad are correct. FYI, trim and bleed sound gory and violent, I wonder how they coined these terms to describe dimensions of a paper. Anyway, I had to measure every line and every height and width a flat A4 paper can have. I was drawing lines that were not straight and feeling uncomfortable with that formidable blunt blade-shaped plastic. You don't believe me? I will show you. Look at the photo I attached.
Isn't it strange to adapt to things you are not comfortable or you are forced to adapt to something you don't know how to properly use? I guess it's part of life and there is no need to be a drama queen or king and complain about it. However, what fascinates me isn't the fact that you succumb to using things that otherwise are obsolete or useless to you but how people judge you for not knowing how to use something that they know how to use.
I'm signing off, but I want you to try this out, use something that you are uncomfortable using and see how it feels to be a lefty in a righties' world. Send me your experience.
Until the next post, have a lefty evening.
