Recent pains in my left thumb have gotten me to re-evaluate how I type. My practice is improving. Rest and icing is also helping. The following cause me pain:
1. Holding down the alt or ctrl key with left thumb. I have often done this when my right hand is hitting arrow keys. 2. Hitting *both* ctrl *and *C/V/X (cut/copy/paste) keys with left hand. This is an ancient habit, hard to break. The *thumb* hits ctrl key, bent under. This is a recipe for disaster. Imo, one must *never* hit a modifier key and a plain key with the same hand. Hitting the alt & control keys simultaneously is ok, as long as the thumb hits neither key. In fact, I prefer never to use either thumb on a modifier key. There is now enough discomfort that the old habits are becoming obvious. Rather than trying to "break" the old habits, which is likely impossible, the plan is to form *new* habits: 1. *Stop*. Become fully aware of the pain. 2. *Notice*. Evaluate what caused the pain. 3. *Retrain*. Do the action several times the correct way, perhaps experimenting with new finger combinations. Another part of the strategy is to avoid substituting the mouse for keystrokes. If anything, over-using the mouse is even more dangerous than bad keyboard practice. I tend to fall into bad keyboard and mouse habits when impatient. The recent pains are a gift, in some sense, urging me to relax, slow down, and do the right things. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
