Last Friday I stupidly cut my right thumb at work. Since then, I’m trying as much as possible to NOT use it in my daily activities.
So I’ve been favoring my left hand for most of the week-end.
There’s some stuff that feels really strange when you do it with the left hand instead of the right hand. Here’s the top 10 list of things that felt weird when experienced through my left hand.
10 – Eating broccoli and goat cheese soup. I suspect it would feel the same with any soup.
9- Unzipping / Zipping pants. That’s okay, I spent almost the whole week-end in my underwear anyways.
8- Shaving. I only did it once in the shower, right after…
7- Washing my hair. That was so strange.
6 – Using my Blackberry (clipping to belt, removing from holster, etc.). Oh well, no work this week-end then.
5 – Playing Wii games. That NHL 09 game says “with easy controls”. Well, it might be easy if I you play right-handed, but I play hockey left-handed, and there’s no way to play the game with the Wiimote in the left hand.
4- Using a pair of scissors (to open a milk bag). I’m sure if I had used my left hand for that test I had to do when I was 6, they would’ve put me on the short bus.
3- Unlocking the door. You’d think my brain would not have a lot of trouble making the transition from the right hand to the left for this, but it’s much harder than it looks.
2- Eating an ice cream cone. It was gelato, it was excellent but it still was strange.
And the number one thing that felt weird when experienced through my left hand…
1- Brushing my teeth. I stabbed the inside of my mouth countless times. I absolutely have no coordination to do this.
It’s now Sunday night and I succeeded in avoiding most of the painful stuff all week-end, until my son came to snuggle with me in the living room, and I said “watch my thumb” and, like he’s been brainwashed trained for the last 7 years, he heard “Pull my thumb” and proceeded to pull as hard as he can on it. Ouch.
I challenge you to spend one day without using your dominant hand. 
