In August 2024, I started touch typing from scratch — just lowercase alphabets on Keybr, struggling at <15 WPM.
Back then, I set a quiet goal:
🎯 Hit 100% accuracy on a typing test within one year.
It felt ambitious. But yesterday — just before hitting the one-year mark — I did it:
- 💯 100 WPM @ 100% accuracy (10-word MonkeyType test)
- 📆 48-day streak
- ⌨️ 9,712 tests completed
- 🕒 18+ hours of focused typing
🧱 The Foundation: Keybr
I started with 52 hours on Keybr to build the fundamentals:
- Top Speed: 59.9 WPM
- Avg Speed: 36.3 WPM
- Avg Accuracy: 95.22%
Staying focused on accuracy over speed helped me develop the right muscle memory early on.
Then came MonkeyType — XP, leaderboards, and test variety kept things engaging and pushed consistency.
🙏 A Simple Push from My Brother
This journey began with one comment from my brother:
“15 WPM might hold you back, especially in interviews.”
Just an honest nudge. That quiet spark lit the fire. The rest was just showing up daily.
🧭 What’s Next?
This milestone isn’t the end — just a checkpoint.
Now I’m focusing on:
- Practicing with caps, numbers, and symbols
- Typing without looking, even outside of tests
- Bringing touch typing into real workflows
💡 What This Taught Me
- Progress is boring — until it isn’t
- Accuracy builds confidence; confidence unlocks speed
- Discipline > motivation, every time
It’s not about typing alone — it’s about deliberate practice, compounding effort, and quiet consistency.
📣 Your Turn
If you're showing up every day — whether it’s typing, coding, designing, or any small habit — you’re on the right path.
Celebrate it. Share it.
Let’s normalize work in progress.
🧠 What are you quietly building every day?
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