I Learned to Type Fast (95 Words per Minute)

Summary

Mike Shake embarks on a journey to improve his typing speed from 46 words per minute, aiming to reach 90 wpm. By adjusting his posture, using all his fingers, and engaging in rigorous practice, he makes substantial progress. He discovers that typing in Italian increases his speed and learns to use shortcuts like 'CTRL + Backspace' to correct mistakes efficiently. Although it takes considerable time and effort, Mike finally achieves his goal, consistently surpassing 90 words per minute, proving that dedication leads to improvement.

Highlights

• Mike Shake aimed to type 90 words per minute, starting from 46. 🎯
• Proper posture and hand positioning proved essential. 🙌
• Practicing with ten fingers instead of two made a big difference. 🖐️
• Mike improved his speed by looking at the screen, not the keyboard. 👀
• He found typing in Italian increased his typing pace. 🇮🇹
• Utilizing CTRL + Backspace made correcting errors efficient. ⏪
• After intense practice, he achieved 95 words per minute! 🎉

Key Takeaways

• Typing speed can save time in your daily activities. 🚀
• Proper posture is crucial for efficient typing. 🪑
• Using all ten fingers significantly boosts typing speed. ✋
• Consistent practice and concentration are key to improvement. 💪
• Shortcuts like CTRL + Backspace are game-changers for correcting errors. ⌨️
• Typing in your native language might yield faster results. 🇮🇹

Overview

Mike Shake started his quest to improve his typing speed when he realized how much time he could save if he typed faster. Beginning at 46 words per minute, Mike needed to make substantial changes to cross the 90 words per minute threshold, a goal he set for himself. This journey wasn't an overnight success but rather a product of dedicated effort and learning.

Mike recognized the importance of posture, ensuring his back was aligned, elbows bent, and feet flat. He transitioned from using just his index fingers to engaging all ten fingers – a change akin to using a full set of tools instead of just a few. This adaptation, along with keeping his eyes on the screen rather than the keyboard, helped him improve incrementally.

Another breakthrough came when Mike typed in his native Italian, which naturally increased his speed. He also learned to use handy keyboard shortcuts to correct mistakes swiftly. Through persistent practice sessions, his determination paid off as he finally reached and even exceeded his target, proving that patience and practice are vital in mastering new skills.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Goals The chapter 'Introduction and Goals' discusses the author's realization of the importance of typing speed in daily activities such as writing emails and researching online. After watching a video, the author became motivated to improve their typing speed to save time. They discovered a website that measures typing speed in words per minute (WPM). Currently, the author's typing speed is 46 WPM, slightly above average, but they set a goal to reach at least 90 WPM within a short timeframe.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Research and Initial Strategies In the chapter 'Research and Initial Strategies', the author discusses the importance of proper posture and hand positioning while typing. The first strategy is to maintain an aligned back with the chair, bend the elbows, and keep the feet flat on the ground to avoid discomfort and increase typing speed. The second strategy involves correct hand positioning, utilizing the small bumps on the 'f' and 'g' keys to help find them with index fingers without looking, while the other fingers rest on the middle row.
• 01:00 - 02:00: Practicing and Monitoring Progress In the chapter titled 'Practicing and Monitoring Progress,' the author reflects on their past typing habits, where they only used their index fingers, likening it to inefficiently chewing with just two teeth. They attempted a typing test using this method, resulting in a significantly slower typing speed than their average. The author suggests using online resources and code schemes designed for learning 10-finger typing, which is the method they used to improve their skills. With practice, focusing on proper posture, the author was able to increase their typing speed by more than 10 words per minute within half an hour.
• 02:00 - 03:00: Overcoming Frustration and Continued Practice In this chapter, the focus is on overcoming frustration and the importance of continued practice in improving a skill. The narrator shares their personal experience with typing, initially hindered by looking down at the keyboard which slowed them down. By forcing themselves to only look at the screen, they noticed significant improvement after an hour and a half. Additionally, they gained speed by adjusting their posture, such as keeping their arms up instead of resting on the desk. Despite hitting a speed plateau at 70 words per minute, they continued to practice with extreme concentration, emphasizing persistence even in the face of frustration.
• 03:00 - 04:00: Experimenting with Language and Shortcuts The narrator experiences a plateau in their typing speed, consistently hitting around 70-72 words per minute despite feeling their fingers moving faster. Determined to improve, they commit to a regimented practice routine consisting of 20-minute sessions with 5-minute breaks in between. While they notice an increase in speed and muscle memory development, the practice is also extremely tiring.
• 04:00 - 05:00: Reaching the Target Speed In the chapter 'Reaching the Target Speed', the narrator reflects on their typing speed and shares an experience of typing in Italian, which allowed them to type more intuitively and faster. Initially achieving 80 words per minute and then 83 on the second attempt, the narrator felt exhausted but determined to reach 90 words per minute. They found inspiration and a useful typing shortcut from Ali's video, realizing the value of using 'ctrl backspace' to efficiently correct mistakes.

I Learned to Type Fast (95 Words per Minute) Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 so i type a lot i type everyday to write emails i type on google to research a lot of stuff and he typed to write the script of this video and i've never thought about it but after i watched this video i realized that by getting faster typing i could actually save a bunch of time which is something i desperately need so i found a website where you can measure your typing speed based on how many words you can type per minute and mine is currently 46 words per minute which is slightly above the average but my goal for this video is to get to at least 90 words per minute in less than a
• 00:30 - 01:00 week so i did my research and i found a few things that could help us get better at this the first thing i had to fix is the posture sometimes i find myself in weird positions after a long typing session and this not only can hurt your back but it actually makes you slower at typing we should align our back to the chair bending our elbows and keeping the feet flat to the ground the second step is the hand positioning the f key and the g key have small bumps on them so you can find them easily with your index fingers without looking while the other fingers should rest on the middle raw of
• 01:00 - 01:30 the keyboard in the past i used to type using only my index fingers but that's basically like chewing with two teeth that doesn't make any sense anyways i tried to complete the typing test using only two fingers and this way the speed was way lower than my average typing speed you can find online code schemes and websites specifically designed to help you learn typing with 10 fingers and that's exactly how i personally learned in the past anyways i started practicing keeping in mind the right posture and in about half an hour i increased my typing speed of more than 10 words per minute but by watching my
• 01:30 - 02:00 footage i realized that sometimes i intuitively looked down to the keyboard and this was really making me slower so i tried forcing myself to look just at the screen and after another hour and a half i really saw a great improvement i was also gaining speed by keeping my arms up instead of resting them on the desk but after trying for another hour i was getting frustrated because i really couldn't do better than 70 words per minute the following half an hour was characterized by practice extreme concentration and a bunch of face
• 02:00 - 02:30 i could feel my fingers going way faster than before but i couldn't get far from 70 words per minute 72 i'm stuck for some reason my left hand kept failing so i threw myself into practice i decided to split my training into sessions of 20 minutes taking five minutes of rest between every session practice is the only way to develop muscle memory and i was actually getting faster but also really really tired i'm like seriously oh my god the next day i
• 02:30 - 03:00 randomly remembered that i'm italian when you type this fast you don't even have the time to read words it's just intuitive by typing in italian i was significantly faster the first attempt i got 80. that's great and the second 83 i was extremely tired of typing but i wanted to reach at least 90 words per minute i watched again ali's video and i realized that i wasn't using a really important shortcut ctrl backspace this one is extremely useful when you make a mistake at the beginning of a word so instead of typing backspace many times
• 03:00 - 03:30 by using control backspace you can delete the entire world beside that i would like to tell you the secret method to get faster typing but there isn't one it's all about practice the more you practice the faster you get at this point my hands were no longer under the control of my brain i was writing something while reading the next word to write and he started to get good results let's go my brain is burning i literally can't read anymore but i wanted to get there really bad so i kept trying and
• 03:30 - 04:00 suddenly 88 i was almost there and i started to get consistent results always more than 85 words per minute the next day i absolutely wanted to get it so i started trying applying everything i learned i was dying inside that every mistake i made but i was getting there 89 89 89 89 89 so i tried again and after many phases i got extremely focused and i completely stopped making mistakes and after 6
• 04:00 - 04:30 hours and 44 minutes of practice something unexpected happened 95 25 95 go let's go let's go let's go i was extremely excited by this result but i decided to try again to see if he was just a fluke and he got 87 words per minute to the first attempt and then 90. let's go i know that 70 of you watching
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