Part of the reason for this post is to test out the new keyboard. I'd had a multi-device bluetooth keyboard, due to the way my current workspace is set up, and ran all the things off of it. Until... it died over the weekend. I was too busy to do more than poke at it, but on Monday it became painfully apparent that it was dead, pinin' for the fjords, gone to the great scrap pile in the sky. I got a bit short with the manufacturer, in an email they ignored, and then went to shop for a cheap one on Amazon. Why cheap? Well, two reasons. One, I mentioned recently that I'm being careful about money here. Two, I wasn't going to buy just one keyboard, I was going to get two. Because one is none, and two painful days of dealing with typing awkwardly was more than enough, thank you. I'll always have a backup going forward.
It's cute. Yeah, I bought it because it's cute.
I opted for another flat-keyboard like the one I'd been using, which had been chosen due to typing on a laptop for the last few years and being accustomed to the low-profile keyboard. And I got a pretty keyboard with click-clack keys and a much higher key profile, which is the one I'm typing this post on (and if you buy something through that link it supports the blog). It's going to take some getting used to. I like the sound of it, it's not loud, but very satisfying when I build up a flow and get into the rhythm. On the other hand, or perhaps I should say finger, I am having trouble keeping my hands anchored to the home keys the way I usually do. I'm not 100% confident with touch typing, I learned to type mostly by touch simply by writing. Writing a lot in the last several years, and eventually you get used to where the keys are and don't have to look. Until you change up keyboards, and then you have to look!
Hence this post. I figure it's probably boring to read, certainly nothing ground-breaking here. It's simply everyday life.
Some days? I like the mundane. I figure, as I usually do, that other people like that as well. We're all human in this together, fumbling our way on new keys, learning how to make the cadence work when things change underneath us.
It's not a big deal. I'll learn how this works, and pretty soon I'll be able to pound out 500 words in a 15 minute sprint again. I have confidence in myself, because it's not the first time I've done this, and almost certainly (unless this cute little plastic keyboard lasts a whole lot longer than I think it will, considering how heavy a user I am) it won't be the last. Change is inevitable, in the small things and the large. It's the small changes that teach us how to cope with the big ones, I think. Just keep pecking away at the keys until it feels familiar. You can adjust to almost anything. Humans are special that way.
Toast tax
And that's my 500 word mark, and my bed is calling me. Tomorrow is another day, and more practice. Practice! you can't get good without it.