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My Plan for Switching to the Colemak Keyboard

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I heard about the Colemak keyboard today from Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of WordPress, via the Tim Ferriss podcast, episode 61. Matt said it was the most efficient keyboard layout, and despite some slightly unconvincing research for speed from efficiency, I have decided to give it a try for reduced long-term ergonomic stress, switching from the QWERTY (that was awkward to type) keyboard. That is, I’m not switching for faster typing speed ultimately. It’s plenty good at about 68 words per minute (wpm). Rather, I’m switching for the decreased reaching I’d have to do with my fingers and hands over the years, at supposedly, about 8-9X less the distance traveled! Additionally, I want to see how it would work out for me rather than just a study since I don’t have an average brain, and also test my middle-aged brain’s ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn.

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Don’t Live with a Chip on your Shoulder, Live with One on Each

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https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/Have you ever lived with a chip on your shoulder, also known as a grudge? What was that like? Did you enjoy it?

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Don’t Just Prove Something, Prove It Emphatically!

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https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/Have you ever proved something nonchalantly, like it was just some routine thing to be done? If so, how did that compare to when you proved something with emphasis?

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Always Have Something to Prove, Whether to Yourself or to Others

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https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/What are you currently trying to prove to someone or to yourself? If you could not identify anything consciously, think to see if you might be trying to prove something to someone or to yourself subconsciously, where you were so focused on the goal you might have forgotten the reason. If you could not identify anything still, is thinking about it sparking any ideas or motivation? I always have a list of things to prove to myself and/or others. My challenge is to remember them all rather than not have a thing to prove!

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Think We, Rather than Me, More Often

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https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/In the early 1990s, I had a pen pal from Mantua, Italy, named Beatrice Lomaglio. During our correspondence, she entered into a relationship. Not yet having been in a relationship, I asked her how it had changed her life. I expected an answer of many details since I had an idea of the complexities of romantic relationship. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised by her elegant answer of how she now had to think about we, rather than about me, more often since many decisions involved her and her partner now, not just her as was before. I was also surprised because English was not Bea’s first language. Yet, here was this incredibly simple, well put, and accurate response staring back at me. I still have it since I had archived all her letters.

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