How I went from 10 to 130 WPM in 3 months

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I used an alternate keyboard layout for 3 months and got pretty good. Was it worth learning? discord (it's for my aim podcast but i don't have a personal one): https://discord.com/invite/qAhv6tT4Au twitter: https://x.com/pinguefied/ also, I will say that if you are interested in learning Workman, you should probably learn Colemak mod DH instead, because it accomplishes a very similar goal with fewer drawbacks. big thanks to Sephy for being a great motivator to improve: https://www.twitch.tv/sephyrate Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:44 QWERTY's origins 1:32 The first alternative to QWERTY 2:33 What layout do I choose? 3:39 How do you get better at typing? 4:55 How I learned a new layout 6:39 Switching between layouts 8:16 A rival appears... 9:33 How I break through my plateaus 10:36 REDEMPTION ARC 12:09 Conclusion: Should you learn an alternate layout? 14:20 The Backwards Brain Bicycle 15:12 Can I still type with QWERTY? 18:34 Can you maintain multiple keyboard layouts? 20:08 shameless self-promotion SmarterEveryDay's Backwards Brain Bicycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0 Typists in this video: Kathy/Florentine Viper (colemak) john (dvorak - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2xw-F0lBbPX0MV2Ezp833A) chakk Sean Wrona Jashe Poon Music: Shiro Sagisu - A-09, Mellow Slow-Jam Baguettes Ensemble - Staff Notation to Last Forever Hara Noda - Pyramid Jonah Aardekker - Waltz for Maybe Gitaroo Man OST - The Legendary Theme Magnus Ringblom Quartet - If I'm Not Mistaken Hara Noda - Lights Ahead Bladverk Band - Constellations Deadly Premonition OST - Greenvale Machikado-Mapoze - 弦楽四重奏曲「にとり」 ニ短調　第3楽章 「哀しみの逆さま河童」 Shiro Sagisu - The Image of Black Me Jonah Aardekker - Theme for Juno Ennio Mano - Yours Tokyo Active NEETs - 極楽は儚き人間の為に Jonah Aardekker - And Suddenly There Was Love Jonah Aardekker - North of the Heart Ennio Mano - Les Pipos Moonlight Tracks OST - Thank You Fragile Dreams More Than Just a Kiss - Nocturnal Spirits Eurystomus - もしも貴女が望むなら