We live in a right-handed world. Most everything is designed for a right-handed person. I don’t disparage the fact that I must adapt. I understand supply and demand. But, I am left-handed and must make certain concessions. I must face certain realities.
I have made most right-handed widgets in this world my own and my right hand is nearly as clever as my left, which in a way is quite remarkable.
As an adept left-hander living in a right-handed world, I am more talented, more dextrous, and more adaptable than many.
But despite me “looking on the bright side,” there is still a small problem I have struggled to overcome. I am a pusher, not a puller.
Writing is the providence of the right. Whether by quill, ball, or brush, a right-hander is best suited.
You see, they pull, I push
As a right-hander, the spine of the book is never in the way. Ink is not smeared with the passage of the hand, ballpoint pens don’t stall in their rolling leaving dry unmarked strokes and letters, and holes are not ripped through the page when the pen-point is too sharp.
Neither do hand and wrist contort with elbow high, wrist bent, and hand curled. The paper isn’t twisted, with neck and head canted displaying an altogether uncomfortable and unseemly posture, or so I’ve seen.
These are the observations of a left-hander and while there are many advantages to being left-handed, writing is not one.
Except
Except we live in the 21st century when there have never been so many left-handed people before. When the world has never been so connected with the internet and cellphones and computers.
With such a global economy as ours and so many left-handed writers who want something better, where are the pens?
Through years of experimentation, some trial, mostly error, I finally found a pen that is not too bad. In fact, it is fairly fantastic.
Meet the Uni-ball Jetstream.
Read all the great features if you want, like how it delivers smooth and vivid lines and how the ink embeds itself into the paper to provide fraud protection.
While all those features are great, I’m simply happy because when I use it, it actually works!
The pen that works
The Uni-ball Jetstream pen finally lets me succeed when I push instead of pull. With the Jetstream I can relax and write.
I don’t fear that I will smear the ink, wondering if it is dry or not. I don’t have to contort my hand and position it this way or that to allow the ball to smoothly roll.
The pen flawlessly does its job and the ink dries fast!
It just works.
The Jetstream line is available in a few different styles (removable cap / retractable tip) and tops out with the Jetstream premier.
And, refills are a cinch.
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For the Left-Hander
You should give this pen a try.
If you are left-handed, especially if you have a child in school who is left-handed, give the Uni-ball Jetstream pen a try.
While learning how to use right-handed scissors and how-not-to smear ink on the page leaving a black smudge on your hand teaches resilience and ingenuity, it doesn’t have to be that way.
Use a pen that works, relax, and enjoy writing as it was meant to be.
PostScript. You should still learn how to use right-handed scissors and all the other right-handed widgets you can. That’s one of the things that makes us left-handers so great!
