People often laugh at others for doing something wrong without knowing how hard some things are, no matter how easy they seem.
You should never make fun of people or downplay their struggle to get things done. You’d be surprised how many things look easy peasy lemon squeezy but are really roughy toughy lemon puffy or dimple pimple lemon not simple — people’s words, not mine.
Here are a few that people mentioned in an online forum.
1. Drawing Something From Memory
Someone stirs up a challenge. They say, “Go draw a bicycle from memory right now. Just take a pencil and paper or open paint at this very moment and draw with your mouse.”
We know all art is beautiful, but without looking it up, that might be one hideous drawing with no resemblance to a bicycle. “Turns out everyone knows what a bicycle looks like, but almost nobody can draw it correctly without looking it up before,” they add.
2. Actually Doing Things
Oh, the existential struggle nearly every human faces. Many people struggle with procrastination, which hinders their ability to get things done. So, they may have every task planned on their to-do list but stare at it and whisper “later” till later turns to the next day, and the next day turns to never.
3. Digging
You might see this in the movies, where a person picks up a shovel and start digging into the dirt and swinging their arms — some even do it for fun, to bury things. It probably looks like something you should try someday, too, for fun. Well, you would be disappointed.
It’s more complicated than they make it seem in zombie movies and more challenging than Joe Goldberg makes it look.
4. Beekeeping
Although I’ve considered nothing involving bees an easy task, many people think of beekeeping that way. A contributor explains, “You see videos of these old dudes in their veils and beekeeping suits, and it makes it seem so relaxing and easy. Turns out that bees aren’t so good at finding enough food on their own, and they can get sick really easily, and in the winter, they can mold. Have you ever seen moldy bees? Sometimes they’re not even dead.”
5. Using a Wheelchair
When someone can only use a wheelchair to move around, they get used to it, and it looks more natural because it is their only means of transportation. A person who uses a wheelchair says it is hard to discuss their accessibility problems with people. “They often don’t believe me because they see how I can navigate and assume that it’s easy – just because *I* make it look easy,” they say.
6. Finding The Person You Always Saw Yourself Falling In Love With
The lifelong search for love can be challenging and depressing. However, instead of waiting to find the person you always saw yourself together with, focus on being the right one for someone, and the right person would come along. That may sound preachy, but it’s the gospel.
7. Flying Remote Controlled Helicopters
It surprises me to find people who aren’t Tom Cruise that think this is easy; it’s not. It may look effortless in the movies; two guys wearing a headpiece, slouching in their seats, and sharing jokes, but it’s brain work.
An individual describes it as “balancing a marble on an upturned bowl.”
8. Physical Examination On First Sight
Imagine walking into the doctor’s office for a diagnosis, and he takes one look at you and accurately “guesses” your problem.
Why do you think they spend centuries in medical school? They’ve spent years perfecting their craft, so they can take one look and “guess.” If you’ve ever opened a medical book, you’d understand.
9. Folding Bedsheets
So many YouTube videos, yet the struggle is getting more real each day. If you always end up with a “crumpled-up mess,” don’t worry; you’re not alone.
One person shares a funny hack: “The real trick is to only own one sheet, so as soon as it comes out of the wash you immediately put it back on the bed and never need to even attempt folding it.”
Hey — once you look past the occasional acne and skin irritations, that’s not such a bad idea.
10. Google Captcha
This is an underrated struggle. Google asks you to select photos with streetlights. There’s one box with only an itsy bitsy part of the streetlight, and you stare at it for seconds in hesitation, wondering whether to click it. Eventually, you do, and you fail the test.
Sounds familiar? Maybe you are a robot.
This thread inspired this post.
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