Monkeytype 15 second 200 most common word tests:
Test 1: 80wpm 98% accuracy
Test 2: 74wpm 95% accuracy
Test 3: 71wpm 100% accuracy
The practicing daily I think has been going less than ok cuz I’ve been skipping most days to practice. Nothing bad has happened to me like say a stroke or a bad medical problem that prevents me from doing it. I think I’m procrastinating on it, but I can’t put my finger on what and why.
I like that it feels more automatic trying to type since starting practice. One way it’s more automatic is that I don’t have to think a whole lot about the arrangement of the keys when I start. I like that I’m taking less effort to type not just the speed of it.
I’m thinking probably the time of typing practice(10 mins) may be a factor about why I’m skipping days. 10 mins doesn’t sound so bad tho. I could try doing 5 mins instead, but I don’t know if that’s going to fix me wanting to type every day.
I think it has something to do with the process of practicing typing like there is something that I don’t agree about it or don’t like.
Mistyping a word when practicing I notice makes me kind of mad but also makes me worried about my method of practice(like it doesn’t really work). Sometimes I think there are just unavoidable mistakes when typing and that makes me question if what I’m doing to practice even is working or helping.
I do like the idea that on average we make a certain amount of errors and that’s just normal cuz we don’t have a skill all figured out and practiced yet. I think that helps my thinking when I mistype.
I don’t think it’s probably a good idea to just do the same thing (10 mins a day of monkeytype practice) and expect it to go differently. Maybe a brainstorm will help? I’ll try to think of something to do next
60 sec typing test on monkeytype 200 most common words:
Test 1: 75 wpm 95% accuracy
Test 2: 74 wpm 94% accuracy
Test 3: 80 wpm 97% accuracy
I’ve been typing off and on. I’ve typed for half of the last 16 days since I posted. Making errors when I type doesn’t seem so bad like it used to. Something like >95% accuracy looks way better than >90% accuracy.
60 sec typing test on monkeytype 200 most common words:
Test 1: 87 wpm 98% accuracy
Test 2: 86 wpm 96% accuracy
Test 3:80 wpm 95% accuracy
The typing has going better than before like it’s been more consistent. I was thinking instead of “just practicing” like I usually do what if you could use problem solving when you type to help you get better.
Like sometimes when I press a key twice on accident I see that it can happen when I hold too long on the key or it happens when I want to press a key but I hesitate and end up pressing it twice. I think there’s solutions to those problems, but the solutions aren’t super easy to get to.
After two practice attempts, 60 sec typing test on monkeytype 200 most common words:
Test 1: 85 wpm 99% accuracy
Test 2: 83 wpm 98% accuracy
Test 3: 72 wpm 95% accuracy
Typing has been going ok. I’ve been typing for 30 mins daily now. Im doing that cuz I want to get more practice. Some thoughts from practicing since last week:
I like typing fast cuz you can see how the little workers in your subconsious work to do things for you as you go
I like the idea of slowing down cuz you could train the workers to perfect their skills so you don’t have to manage them so much
I like the idea of speeding up when typing cuz your consciousness or the boss can get experience on how to manage the workers in a faster way
Dealing with messing up keystrokes feels kind of bad still, but I notice messing up keystrokes doesn’t happen the same way every time.
Sometimes it happens cuz a finger goes to press a key but doesn’t actually do it. It’s like a ghost finger
Sometimes messing up happens when thinking too much about messing up. It’s easier to manage negative thoughts like those when typing slower
I try not to focus too much on making mistakes cuz trying to be perfect all the time doesn’t sound good. I want to focus on the learning that sounds more important.
I wanted to make a comment on someone’s tutoring topic, but i cant tell if it’s just helpful thoughts and analysis and not making requests to the students or telling them what to do or think.
After 30 minutes of practice, 60 sec typing test on monkeytype 200 most common words:
Test 1: 90 wpm 100% accuracy
Test 2: 92 wpm 99% accuracy
Test 3: 92 wpm 99% accuracy
That’s interesting, I’ve dealt with something similar. Like grammar seems like a cool subject to study and something a philosopher would do. But later on I find out there’s small things I don’t like about it, for example, dealing with prepositions and defining words. Idk if that happens to you, but I find out the things I don’t like about an activity and it makes me wonder if the activity is too hard for me.
What i like doing is practicing a single skill like defining words or typing cuz the activity doesn’t change much and it doesnt get variably harder like you dont have to keep using different skills to learn the subject. You can keep revisiting the same skill and get slightly better over time.
I also like practicing single skills cuz I get to use some of the CF suggested tools like trees or posting on the forum and get practice with those too. So that way it’s not far off from doing philosophy learning.