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I was eating lunch with my co-worker at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. He kept staring down at my plate, and finally I spoke up, “What are you staring at?”

He replied, “You eat with both hands?”

I thought for a little bit and responded, “Yes. Is that weird or something?”

“Oh, no” My co-worker said.

Is it Weird Being Left Handed?

I’m not sure if being left-handed is in my family or not. My half-brother is left handed, but other than that, I can’t think of anybody else in my family like that.

But I’m not left handed. My dominant hand is my right. Yet, I do a lot of tasks with my left hand. It could partially be due to me breaking my right arm when I was younger.

The Secret of Ambidexterity

According to Wikipedia, it is rare to be born ambidextrous. However, ambidexterity can be learned.

The secret is to try to perform a task that you do with your right hand the same with your left. The trickiest thing I’ve learned is using chopsticks, which some people can’t even do right-handed.

Go Left for a Day

Try these things for a day with your non-dominant hand:

• Try eating.
• Use chopsticks.
• Shake someone’s hand.
• Buy groceries.
• Push a shopping cart.
• Hold a cell phone.
• Drive.
• Wave at someone.
• Put on your shoes.
• Throw a baseball.
• Anything else you can think of.

Are you up to the challenge?

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