Something To Celebrate: International Lefthanders Day
Background photo by Sara Cervera (@foodphotographermx) Every year on August 13th, the world takes a moment to tip its hat to the roughly 10% of people who navigate life from the left side — International Lefthanders Day has been officially celebrated since 1976, which means lefthanders have been quietly demanding recognition longer than most of us have been alive. Honestly, fair enough. Think about how much of daily life is just quietly, stubbornly designed for right-handed people. Scissors. Spiral notebooks. The smear of fresh ink across a hand after signing a check. Lefthanders move through the world making constant, invisible little adjustments — adapting, improvising, developing a kind of low-key resilience that most people never even notice. There is something genuinely admirable about that. The world handed them a slightly awkward set of tools, and they just... got on with it. And here is the thing about a day like today — it is a good reminder that there is always...