Last week I shared about how I use AI. In that post, FUN FRIDAYS! – I use AI, I told you about my busted typing method. I am pretty sure a lady I know read that post. Then I think she proceeded to call me a hack! To which I found ridiculously funny! I totally laughed out loud and have been laughing out loud and sometimes just internally about that all week. Do you know why I thought that was so funny? Because it’s true!
Here is what I have done about it so far: After I got done laughing, I immediately decided I was going to do something about it. I typed in the words typing course into google and with that I was at typing.com. I am not going to link you there as I did not ask permission and I did not realize until recently I think you are supposed to ask.….anyway, I need to check on that but it’s easy enough to go find if you really want to know how to type.
Here is the awesomeness of the course. They open up with a video about how your journey with typing is going to be so much fun! Can you say “THAT’S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AT GIVE YOUR STORY?”
So, I have about 20 -25 mins of learning/practice in so far. In the practice they have this little robot guy that jumps around and it’s completely lame. I did however find myself laughing at the stupidity of the stupid thing and that I was actually doing it. And? It works! Here is the robot guy.
Here is why I am still a hack! So, this is a problem we run into very often with just about every task we do that we want to improve upon, including recovery work or just plain old work on ourselves! WE ARE LAZY AND WE TAKE THE EASY WAY!
When I was in the 7th grade, we had a computer room with 30 of the Gigantor computers from the 1980’s similar to the featured picture for this post. We were required to learn how to type 25 words per minute in that class. I was more interested in talking to girls and horsing around than doing schoolwork. So, I quickly figured out how to type 25 words per minute my way. It worked. I don’t exactly recall my grade, but even with all the errors it was probably in the 80% arena. Heck that was good enough for me! I have been typing that way since.
Now, I have been learning the touch type method for real. I haven’t finished the course yet. Why? Well I haven’t put in the time yet. I came up with a new hack. That hack is the fact that I didn’t want to sign up for their site and get more emails. So, I figured I would do it my way and just leave the screen open until I was done. I WAS WRONG – My work computer has all this security stuff on it and I managed to confuse it when I walked away and came back, losing my internet signal which is my work phone as the source. I had to reboot and bang! All my progress was lost. So, I had to start over. Yes! I already signed up! I SURRENDER!
So, now I have some practice with the real type touch method. I am only 6 letters and the space bar into my progress. The funny thing? This is what happens when we try to learn new stuff without taking the time to get rid of the old – Or dead ending wires as I wrote in this post: Not Everything is Rosie
I still want the speed, that I think I have so it doesn’t take me as long. Trying to use the new method would slow me down big time so, I am still using my busted typing method. However, I seem to have a new busted typing method that is faster but is still mostly a hack with a couple of correct touch type method taps! In the 12-step rooms We call that progress not perfection! I need to step with care as I learn the new method so I do not make mistakes.
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE!
Enjoy Your weekend ALL!