Had a whim an reinstalled the #8vim keyboard on my phone. Too early to tell if I like it, or the fact that it makes me slow down a bit to think about what I'm trying to type.
I've mostly been using it with my index finger, which could also suggest that I really just hate typing with my thumbs.
I love the idea, but I think my wetware is a bit too inflexible to learn something quite so different.
"wetware" requires regular stretching, or it gets brittle.
Yes, I really miss the vocabulary I had when I was still in university.
Any recommended stretches?
As someone still recovering from brain fog related to long covid, this has been on my mind a lot.
Learning languages has helped me tremendously. Try #tokipona for something easy-ish.
Trying out new ways of performing "autopilot" tasks, like how I type on my phone, shakes up the ruts for me.
Doing things with my hands like sculpting and painting, has helped. Really, anything that gets me aware of my physicality. There's pathways there that get fired less often in other activities.
Most of all, mindset.
Walking around deciding "I'm done" or "too old/broken/etc" is doom for me. I have to believe I'm capable of improving, and move in that direction...no matter how slowly.
Yes, that thought is very much the death-knell, it seems.
My sister made a point to learn a new skill each year of her 50s, and I think I will follow suit.
I find that I seem to take on an "impossible" thing every decade or so. I like steep learning curves, so the difficulty keeps me inspired.
Right now, it's handstands and partner acrobatics.
That sounds like an *amazing* way of keeping the body and mind spry
Circus continues to save and transform my life in terrific ways.
I believe it. It sounds like you have a wonderful community there, and that is quite enviable.