Following Along Async Tutoring [Dface]

Weekly typing assignment:

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

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Weekly typing assignment:

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.

Weekly typing assignment:

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.

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Weekly typing assignment:

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.

Weekly typing assignment:

60 sec typing test on monkeytype 200 most common words:
Test 1: 83 wpm 94% accuracy
Test 2: 101 wpm 100% accuracy
Test 3: 87 wpm 97% accuracy

That was the first time I typed like that on test two. I kept thinking I was gonna mess up but I didn’t. That was cool

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