Several years ago, I was staying in the back room of my parents’ house with little idea of what or who I wanted to be.
I knew that if I were going to survive in the world of work, or have any chance of success as a writer, I would need to learn to type.
People talk about how writing with a pen is more ‘connected.’ But it’s also slow and impractical in the modern age.
That connection is learned like any other, and so I decided to practice often to form that same deep connection with a keyboard.
So to start my day, and to instill the belief that I was headed somewhere, I would spend about 15 minutes every morning practicing touch typing. Then I would apply for jobs I didn’t want.
That bit of time invested has probably saved me hours since.
Today, the words flow through my fingertips onto the screen with the same ease as a pen and three times faster — faster than I can think.
The pen still feels snug in my hand. But when I sit down at a keyboard, the words just fly.