Fingers are out of shape

I haven’t been on the computer for the past week and therefore have not typed in a very long time. It’s funny because I noticed that I am having difficulties typing. It is taking me twice as long to type once sentence and by now I have made corrections to at least half my words because my fingers just can’t seem to hit the right key at the right time. I must admit it is an awkward feeling. I’m so used to typing because I usually do it multiple times everyday whether it be typing my paper, writing my blogs, or chatting with my friends on AIM. It has become a natural movement for my fingers. However after a week of having absolutely no access to any computer or keyboard my fingers are definitely out of shape. I am typing this blog post in word first to catch all the spelling mistakes and right now there are many red zigzagged lines running under most of the words in this entry. It feels so weird to type after not doing any typing for more than a week. (10 days exactly) I actually have to look down at the keyboard to type this blog post to make sure I am pressing the right keys. Usually I don’t have to even glance down at my fingers when I type but now I feel like I have forgotten which fingers correlate with the different letter keys. Right now I think I have hit the “delete” key on my keyboard more than any other key. It seems like that is the only key my finger knows how to press.

Not only have I been making a lot of mistakes because my fingers have forgotten which finger presses which key but also they are also exhausted. My fingers are cramped and sore. I have had to crack my knuckles multiple times to stretch them out. My fingers are out of shape. This is a pretty funny statement because usually I hear people complain about how they are physically out of shape when their mile time is not up to par. I can run my mile in a decent time but my fingers can’t type as fast as they used to be able to. My fingers are not only slow, but they are tired. As much as I push my fingers to go faster they just are not as fast as they used to be a week ago. I hope with enough practice they will soon be as fast and accurate as they used to be. I have been so used to typing at a super fast speed without putting any thought to it at all but now I have to consciously press each key one at a time. I guess the only way to improve their condition is to keep typing and typing and typing until I can build it back up to the natural habit it used to be. I need them to be in shape ASAP considering school starts again tomorrow.