day two of type mask
I know this is really boring, but this does define, "get a blog", right?

I am getting a lot faster... it's pretty amazing how much I have improved in one day. still probably only going at twenty wpm if that, but still feeling more familiar with keyboard.

The reason this whole exercise is important is that I will be looking for a new job as of January and in all likelihood it will not be in childcare. I need a job on which I can move out. thus, at age 38, I am learning how to touch type.

People don't understand what childcare workers put into childcare. You develop a very specific skill set, not easily applicable to other jobs, you end up in a profession that has a notorious burn out and turnover rate-- and that shows on your resume, you are in a profession that has no pension, no retirement plan, and you can actually acquire a BA or even a Master's without that reflecting in your payscale at all. You can develop decades worth of study and knowledge in your field, backed up by hard fact and exhaustive study, and still be treated like a glorified babysitter by the same people who are theoretically trusting you to spend eight hours of that child's waking life raising them.

Little longer, and faster, now, but can only ramble... need to get a typing flow to improve my writing flow.