Okay, I'll admit it. I'm not a perfect human being. I know, I know, shocking, right? No matter how much you might not want to believe this, I have to admit that unfortunately, I am a flawed person. And this tragic fact is no more apparent when you stick a pen in my hand in force me to write. My handwriting is a mix between hieroglyphics and straight chicken scratch. It's embarrassing that a twenty-year-old female has my penmanship, and yet here we are. Here are the top 10 struggles of having terrible handwriting:
1. Studying takes twice as long because you can't read your own notes
The CIA needs to hire me to be an expert decoder. I have pretty much seen every way a letter can be written and read it under to stress of needing to know the information for a final exam in less than 12 hours. I'll be waiting for my official top secret job offer.
2. Hand cramps are REAL
Sometimes I swear my thumb is just going to fall off. Maybe writing with four finger will improve my handwriting?
3. When a 10-year-old's penmanship is better than yours
Is it wrong to be envious of a small child? Asking for a friend...
4. And your's could pass for a preschooler's
Honestly, I think I should just write with a jumbo crayon. At least my writing would be adorable in an ugly way, right?
5. Having serious handwriting envy issues
"Bless my father for I have sinned. I spent all of last class envying Emma's handwriting."
6. Typing is your best friend
Having the ability to type out my notes is perhaps one of the greatest reasons I am so thankful that I live in the 21st century. Seriously, can you imagine me in the Middle Ages with a quill pen?!
7. Teachers hate you
I like to think of myself as a model student. I'm on time to class, I do my work, and I actually participate! But the minute you put a pencil in my hand and ask me to write something, my "Teacher's Pet Award" gets thrown out the window. *Cries and smears barely legible writing making it worse*
8. Getting told "You'll make a great doctor with those writing skills!"
HA GOOD ONE. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this, I could pay for med school no problem! (Also, my handwriting is the only thing that could possibly qualify me to be a doctor. Science and I do not get along.)
9. Constantly trying to prove bad handwriting does not equate to lower intelligence
Maybe my brain is too busy being awesome to worry about how properly form letters! Ever think about that?!
10. Spending most of your life apologizing
My tombstone will read: Here lies Mackenzie Malley. She's sorry her handwriting was so terrible.
